<div><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=4K0f1D_0unQrhwM00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=4K0f1D_0unQrhwM00" width="1200" height="630" ><p>Wall Street Journal assistant editor Paul Beckett, who was tasked by the Journal with coordinating its effort to secure the release of reporter Evan Gershkovich, discussed the Journal's open and "loud" approach. "The Russians didn't give us much of a choice because they came out and said he is a spy — total nonsense. But what were we going to do, then, I mean, we had to very, very quickly and very loudly, make it very clear to the world that he works for the Wall Street Journal and The Wall Street Journal only," he said in an interview with Ed O'Keefe on "Face the Nation." But Beckett also said he thought the Biden administration "had an idea of what it would take to get him back from the moment he was seized. And I don't think that changed. For all our noise, I don't think the dynamic changed."</p><nbtemplate data-id="AdPlaceholder" data-content="JTdCJTdE"></nbtemplate></div>

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Bloomberg disciplined multiple people involved in a story last week that prematurely broke the news of a prisoner swap between Russia, the U.S., and several other countries—including the release of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich. Editor-in-chief John Micklethwait told staff in a note on Monday that the story “could have endangered the negotiated swap that set them free.” “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,” Micklethwait wrote in a memo obtained by The New York Times, which The Daily Beast confirmed. The news came after Wall Street Journal staffers were reportedly outraged by how reporters celebrated their “scoop”—written by reporters Jennifer Jacobs and Cagan Koc—despite the potential risk to the hostage deal, and it followed a Semafor report that indicated Bloomberg had launched an investigation into the story. Micklethwait said he wrote letters of apology to all the prisoners involved and apologized to Wall Street Journal editor Emma Tucker.Read it at The New York TimesRead more at The Daily Beast.

Bloomberg Punishes Staff Involved in Broken Prisoner Swap Embargo

PBS NewsHour

Bloomberg News is apologizing for a premature story written last week about the prisoner exchange involving the United States and Russia.

Bloomberg apologizes for early story on prisoner exchange and disciplines employees involved

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On "Face the Nation" this week, as a new CBS News poll finds Kamala Harris has reset the race against Trump and the Biden administration secures the release of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich and others, moderator Ed O'Keefe talks with GOP Sen. Tom Cotton of Arkansas, United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain, deputy national security adviser Jon Finer and Wall Street Journal assistant editor Paul Beckett.

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POLITICO

"We stayed loud until we knew the time to be quiet," said the Journal's Paul Beckett.

Wall Street Journal proud it kept Evan Gershkovich in the spotlight

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	Bloomberg News says that it has “taken disciplinary action” against some staffers after the outlet “prematurely” published a story on the prisoner swap with Russia that saw journalist Evan Gershkovich freed  last week.George Schenck, 'NCIS' Writer, Producer and Showrunner, Dies at 82




	Bloomberg Editor-in-Chief John Micklethwait told employees about the decision Monday morning in a memo, which was viewed by The Hollywood Reporter. Micklethwait added that he had personally written letters to all of the prisoners involved in the swap apologizing for the mistake.




	Gershkovich, a Wall Street Journal reporter, was freed last week alongside fellow journalist Alsu Kurmasheva and former...

Bloomberg Editor-in-Chief Apologizes After Outlet Broke Evan Gershkovich Prisoner Swap Embargo

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Wall Street Journal assistant editor Paul Beckett, who was tasked by the Journal with coordinating its effort to secure the release of reporter Evan Gershkovich, discussed the Journal's open and \"loud\" approach. \"The Russians didn't give us much of a choice because they came out and said he is a spy — total nonsense. But what were we going to do, then, I mean, we had to very, very quickly and very loudly, make it very clear to the world that he works for the Wall Street Journal and The Wall Street Journal only,\" he said in an interview with Ed O'Keefe on \"Face the Nation.\" But Beckett also said he thought the Biden administration \"had an idea of what it would take to get him back from the moment he was seized. And I don't think that changed. For all our noise, I don't think the dynamic changed.\"

WSJ assistant editor on getting Evan Gershkovich back from Russian prison

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Wall Street Journal assistant editor Paul Beckett, who was tasked by the Journal with coordinating its effort to secure the release of reporter Evan Gershkovich, discussed the Journal's open and "loud" approach. "The Russians didn't give us much of a choice because they came out and said he is a spy — total nonsense. But what were we going to do, then, I mean, we had to very, very quickly and very loudly, make it very clear to the world that he works for the Wall Street Journal and The Wall Street Journal only," he said in an interview with Ed O'Keefe on "Face the Nation." But Beckett also said he thought the Biden administration "had an idea of what it would take to get him back from the moment he was seized. And I don't think that changed. For all our noise, I don't think the dynamic changed."

WSJ assistant editor on getting Evan Gershkovich back from Russian prison

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