Current and former employees of Bloomberg LP, the financial data and news organization founded by Mike Bloomberg in 1981, say the company has harbored a toxic, macho workplace culture fueled by fear, in which powerful people screamed at underlings and bullied them with impunity, a Business Insider investigation has found.The investigation sheds new light on Mike Bloomberg's claims during the Nevada Democratic Debate that he doesn't tolerate wrongdoing at his company and that wrongdoers would be "gone that day." Complaints to human resources about bulling and harassment were routinely ignored, according to interviews with more than 40 current and former Bloomberg LP employees.For example, more than a dozen former Bloomberg News insiders told Business Insider that former Washington editor Al Hunt bullied staff and touched women inappropriately, and continued in his role for years despite repeated complaints and two financial settlements. Hunt denies touching women inappropriately and said he was a supportive boss.Asked about the accusations against Hunt, a Bloomberg LP spokesperson said there are "certainly instances where we wish we had handled some complaints differently."Mike Bloomberg's girlfriend Diana Taylor defended him against a long history of claims that he has made crude and sexist remarks, telling CBS News, "It was 30 years ago. Get over it."
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