Bloomberg News has taken disciplinary action against a “number” of its staffers after the outlet broke an embargo last week on news of the release of several American prisoners held by Russia, including Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich.
In a memo sent to staff on Monday obtained by CNN, Bloomberg editor-in-chief John Micklethwait wrote that a story reporting Gershkovich’s release, which was published at 7:41 a.m. ET Thursday, was posted “prematurely.” Bloomberg’s reporting “could have endangered the negotiated swap that set them fee,” Micklethwait wrote. “Even if our story mercifully ended up making no difference, it was a clear violation of the editorial standards which have made this newsroom so trusted around the world.
The reporter later deleted the post and the story was later updated to note that the prisoners had not yet been released. “An earlier version of this story was corrected to reflect that the Americans have not been released yet,” an editors’ note added to the story at 8:59 a.m. ET stated. News organizations, including CNN, had agreed to hold on to news of the prisoners’ release so as not to endanger the process.
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