[DanielGee]

He's a bloomberg opinion writer. He is a bloomberg staff member. So it is bloomberg. There are people who highly regard matt levine. But there are also plenty of people who have a low opinion of him. Not sure why you attacked the guy for giving his opinion.

[kolbe]

>He's a bloomberg opinion writer. He is a bloomberg staff member. So it is bloomberg.

That's only your opinion of what it means '[to be] bloomberg'. If you have a good argument for why that is the case, then give it. But unless you do, I'll stick with the definition of an oped[1], and that Matt Levine himself took the job because Bloomberg gave him the creative freedom to write what he'd like to write in the manner that he likes to write.

>Not sure why you attacked the guy for giving his opinion.

I didn't attack him. I just noted the large difference in how much support Matt Levine gave for his opinion, and how little the poster gave for his.

[1]"An op-ed ... is a written prose piece typically published by a newspaper or magazine which expresses the opinion of a named author usually not affiliated with the publication's editorial board." (wiki)

[DanielGee]

> That's only your opinion of what it means '[to be] bloomberg'.

No. It's a matter of fact. He works for bloomberg. He gets paid by bloomberg. Hence it is bloomberg. Now if it was an non-bloomberg employee wrote an op-ed piece for bloomberg, nytimes or any other publication, then you would be correct.

> But unless you do, I'll stick with the definition of an oped[1], and that Matt Levine himself took the job because Bloomberg gave him the creative freedom to write what he'd like to write in the manner that he likes to write.

Right. He works for bloomberg. He represents bloomberg. He is a bloomberg employee.

> [1]"An op-ed ... is a written prose piece typically published by a newspaper or magazine which expresses the opinion of a named author usually not affiliated with the publication's editorial board." (wiki)

That's my point. Matt Levine is affiliated with the editorial board. He is affiliated with the founder of bloomberg itself - michael bloomberg, who pretty much handpicked his op-ed staff. You do realize that michael bloomberg himself writes op-eds for bloombergview right? Are you saying that doesn't represent bloomberg?

Yes. If an op-ed is written by Dimon or Tim Cook or anyone not affiliated with bloomberg, then you are right. It isn't bloomberg. But someone who works for bloomberg writing an op-ed is bloomberg.

Hope that clears it up for you.