Ben Richardson, a former senior Bloomberg News editor based in Hong Kong, was involved in the editing of a story last year on China’s wealthiest man that was not published, following a discussion among the company’s top executives.
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Ben Richardson, an editor for Bloomberg News in China, is critical of the way the news agency handled an investigative article that explored the financial ties of the families of top Chinese leaders.
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Comments from the chairman of Bloomberg L.P. represent the starkest acknowledgment yet by a senior Bloomberg executive that the ambitions of the news division should be assessed in the context of the business operation.
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The statement was the latest public effort on behalf of reporters for Bloomberg and The New York Times thwarted in their work by visa delays.
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Michael Forsythe left Bloomberg News in November after reports that the news agency did not publish an article over fears it would anger China.
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China and Britain both underscore how transparency, however painful in the moment, allows democracy, business and the citizenry to thrive in the long run.
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Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. raised the issue as Beijing withholds accreditation for journalists from The New York Times and Bloomberg.
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Some stories that Bloomberg runs are considered too sensitive to run in China, raising questions about a clash of journalistic ideals with commercial interests.
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The news agency plans to focus more on finance and government.
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