Journalist Olivia Nuzzi had the rollout of her new show killed by Bloomberg after she published an article on Joe Biden's declining condition, according to a bombshell report.
The New York Magazine reporter was the target of an online campaign after she wrote about efforts by Democrats to conceal Biden's deteriorating condition in a July article titled, The Conspiracy of Silence to Protect Joe Biden.
Semafor reports that Bloomberg had planned a splashy rollout for Nuzzi's show, Working Capital, but abruptly cancelled them after the article came out and some Democrats demanded her firing.
Nuzzi's critics called a racist, sharing tweets from the Obama administration where Nuzzi mocked those who questioned whether the former president was really born in the US.
Nuzzi confirmed Semafor's reporting, telling the outlet she was not surprised, but nevertheless disappointed by Bloomberg's' decision.
'When I write something that agitates the right, I am accused of being a liberal activist. When I write something that agitates the left, I am accused of being a conservative activist,' Nuzzi said.
'The difference is that mainstream media organizations tend to ignore bad-faith campaigns against reporters led by the right.'
The Bloomberg show, which sees Nuzzi interviewing political and business leaders, was quietly released last month and is available online.
A Bloomberg News spokesperson declined to comment when reached by DailyMail.com on Tuesday.
In her New York Magazine piece, Nuzzi claimed top Democrats were stumped as to how and why the fast-declining 81 year-old Biden was being allowed to continue his re-election bid.
Nuzzi said she had heard questions being posed by high-ranking Democrats on the east and west coasts about whether Biden is a puppet whose strings are being pulled by another group of secretive Democrats.
According to anonymous sources close to the president who spoke to her for the piece, the president is forgetting the names of old friends and is easily manipulated by close confidants like his wife and top aides.
Nuzzi was told that Biden is being shielded by ever-growing layers of bureaucracy that have made it harder and harder for people to reach him - often on important official matters.
Many are speculating the red tape is being used as a means to try and prevent people from learning the truth about Biden's health and well-being.
Nuzzi's article was published shortly after Biden's disastrous debate performance and as many Democrats were calling on the president to step down from the presidential ticket.
Biden eventually decided to bow out of the race, leaving VP Kamala Harris to run in his place against Donald Trump in November.
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