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Several years ago, Bloomberg News, from the highest levels in the organization, killed a story on the wealth of China's elite. Then they seriously threatened the reporter and his wife.

Why is NPR, of all news organizations, publishing this story now?

I assume you are talking about this story:

https://apple.news/A-0mMu14CTBWoXSTVs-lCMA

And I assume you are publishing it now because someone leaked audio recordings that dispute Bloomberg's claim that the report wasn't run because it needed additional reporting.

At the time, two Bloomberg editors told NPR the story didn't run because it needed additional reporting. Winkler publicly said much the same. But these audio recordings reveal otherwise. They also show how much newsroom leaders were worried about losing lucrative business in China.

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Several years ago, Bloomberg News, from the highest levels in the organization, killed a story on the wealth of China's elite. Then they seriously threatened the reporter and his wife.

Why is NPR, of all news organizations, publishing this story now?

I assume you are talking about this story:

https://apple.news/A-0mMu14CTBWoXSTVs-lCMA

And I assume you are publishing it now because someone leaked audio recordings that dispute Bloomberg's claim that the report wasn't run because it needed additional reporting.

At the time, two Bloomberg editors told NPR the story didn't run because it needed additional reporting. Winkler publicly said much the same. But these audio recordings reveal otherwise. They also show how much newsroom leaders were worried about losing lucrative business in China.

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