Bloomberg canceled an ad for a new show with political pundit Olivia Nuzzi after a left-wing online campaign slammed the New York magazine reporter for an exposé on President Biden’s mental decline, according to a report.
Nuzzi, the magazine’s well-known Washington correspondent, was tapped by Bloomberg’s TV unit to host an interview show, “Working Capital,” earlier this year and had planned a splashy introduction for his debut in mid-July.
However, an article she wrote for New York magazine titled “Conspiracy of Silence to Protect Joe Biden” published on July 4 sparked backlash from liberals in the X — prompting Bloomberg to change his plans and instead quietly start the show, according to Semafor co. founder Ben Smith.
Nuzzi, 31, confirmed to Bloomberg that he was touched by the online outrage.
“I have no illusions about massive corporate media entities and their tolerance for even the slightest murmur of a PR crisis, so I can’t say I was surprised, but I was disappointed,” she told Semafor.
Bloomberg did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Her exposé of the 81-year-old president — which followed Biden’s disastrous debate — detailed a “conspiracy” to hide the Democrat’s mental decline.
Nuzzi’s story reinforced concerns that Biden was unfit to serve another term and detailed the White House’s control over the president’s public image.
“His words, as always, had a habit of slipping into a heap of rhetoric, an affliction that has worsened in the four years since he began running for president for a third time in 2020,” Nuzzi wrote in her July op-ed.
Nuzzi asserted that Biden “couldn’t spend much time outdoors” — especially not in environments with “volatile variables” that had to be “aggressively managed.”
“The concern is not that Biden will say something too honest, or that he won’t say it, but that he will communicate through his appearance that he’s not really there,” Nuzzi wrote.
Concerned liberals took to X to attack the reporter and complained about the cover accompanying the story, which showed a cartoon Biden wearing his signature shades with his mouth hanging open.
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