By: Lucia Moses Few U.S. news organizations are covering the war from Baghdad -- and Bloomberg News isn't one of them, despite the fact its war reports carry Baghdad datelines.
According to Bloomberg's stylebook, the dateline reflects where the action in a story is taking place, a spokeswoman said. The city where the reporter is based gets listed at the bottom of the story, along with his or her name and contact information.
Competitors such as The Associated Press and Reuters insist that the dateline of each of their stories reflect the reporter's location. "If you see an AP dateline, somebody has got to be there," said AP spokesman Jack Stokes.
Reuters' similar dateline policy is intended to ensure that "people know what they get from us is the real McCoy," said Bernd Debusmann, one of the wire's news editors.
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