Bud Burrell Dissed by Bloomberg:
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News Media Silenced Regarding Stock Shock-The Movie
June 9th, 2009
By Brandon Matthews
On the eve of the release of the most anticipated documentary of the year, “Stock Shock-The Movie,” it has come to the attention of Satwaves that the financial news media is being silenced regarding its content and release. While I was in New York City several months ago being interviewed on film, I learned that Bloomberg had taken an interest in telling the story of Stock Shock. The documentary itself tells the tale of naked short selling and media bias as it relates to the story of Sirius XM Radio (SIRI).
Bloomberg’s award winning journalist Gary Matsumoto has written extensively in regards to naked short selling. As recently as last March, Mr. Matsumoto had written an article on the subject stating that “The biggest bankruptcy in history might have been avoided if Wall Street had been prevented from practicing one of its darkest arts.” Naked short selling opponents picked up this article as ammunition to further their cause.
Director Sandra Mohr had been interviewed for both a taped piece as well as a written piece while in N.Y., both of which were to be released prior to Stock Shock’s June 10, 2009 debut. Satwaves has learned that neither of these pieces will ever be seen by a single American investor.
In what can only be described as apparent censorship by Bloomberg, Satwaves has acquired a copy of an email from Mr. Matsumoto regarding Bloomberg’s newly adopted position on what qualifies as market related news.
Mr. Matsumoto writes:
“I’m sorry to say that I will not be covering anything related to naked short selling for the foreseeable future. To the best of my knowledge, No one at Bloomberg News is interested in naked short selling. That’s all I have to say on the matter”.
The tone of this response would seem to indicate remorse on the part of Mr. Matsumoto, and leaves us only to speculate on his seeming regret to no longer cover the topic of naked short selling. Has Bloomberg, a trusted source of supposed unbiased financial news put up roadblocks to the truth? If so, how can they or any other financial news media giant be trusted to deliver the news to mainstream America. Has the freedom of the American Press finally been silenced after more than 200 years? If so, can the end of the American dream be far behind?
Position: Long SIRI
