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Tyrangiel denies calling Bloomberg TV crap

Josh Tyrangiel, the editor of Bloomberg Businessweek who is currently on assignment reviewing Bloomberg Television, was quoted in a Capital New York story by Alex Weprin that he thought its content was “shit.”

Tyrangiel replied to Weprin with the following email, which was provided by Bloomberg public relations:

Alex,

I don’t know you, but if you care about your body of work you might want to retract of your story “A blunt assessment for Bloomberg TV” since it blatantly and inaccurately reports something I didn’t, and wouldn’t, say. I would have been glad to refute your context-less one word quote before your story posted had had you bothered to call or email, but you didn’t. Nor did you reach out to anyone else at Bloomberg. Personally this is a minor annoyance, but your story is an insult to a lot of really hard working, talented people.

I encourage you to publish this email, and retract your inaccurate story.

Sincerely,

Josh Tyrangiel

Chris Roush

Chris Roush was the dean of the School of Communications at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut. He was previously Walter E. Hussman Sr. Distinguished Professor in business journalism at UNC-Chapel Hill. He is a former business journalist for Bloomberg News, Businessweek, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Tampa Tribune and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. He is the author of the leading business reporting textbook "Show me the Money: Writing Business and Economics Stories for Mass Communication" and "Thinking Things Over," a biography of former Wall Street Journal editor Vermont Royster.

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