Billionaire presidential candidate Mike Bloomberg is refusing to buckle under pressure and change the rules of engagement for his news outlet's political reporters—who are forbidden from investigating him or any other Democratic White House hopeful.

Bloomberg News journalists will 'just have to learn to live with some things,' he told CBS News in an interview that aired Friday morning.

'They get a paycheck,' the former New York City mayor lectured, 'but with your paycheck comes some restrictions and responsibilities.'

DailyMail.com's anecdotal sampling of Bloomberg reporters' opinions shows scattershot unease but no willingness to contest the company policy, which has left President Donald Trump the only candidate they are permitted to dig into.

Asked Friday to respond to Mr. Bloomberg's comment about coverage 'restrictions' that come with his company's paychecks, one Bloomberg political reporter texted a poop emoji and the words 'Um...No.'

Bloomberg News founder Michael Bloomberg is running for president, and his journalists have been told not to investigate him or any other Democrat—only Donald Trump; he says such 'restrictions' are part of the deal when Bloomberg pays your salary

One Bloomberg political reporter responded to a text-message question about the new conditions of employment with a poop emoji and the words 'Um...No.'

Trump has vented about the unequal treatment Bloomberg is giving him, and some White House aides expect repercussions directed at Bloomberg News reporters

The reporter gave permission for DailyMail.com to publish the unusual message.

'None of us likes this,' another Bloomberg reporter said. 'This is the opposite of what the profession fights for.'

Both commented on condition of anonymity and said they would be open to competing job offers.

Trump's re-election campaign said Monday that it won't issue event press credentials to Bloomberg reporters until the company reverses itself.

The Trump camp blasted out word of the ban in a statement from campaign manager Brad Parscale while the president was en route to Britain for this week's NATO summit.

'The decision by Bloomberg News to formalize preferential reporting policies is troubling and wrong,' wrote Parscale.

'Bloomberg News has declared that they won't investigate their boss or his Democrat competitors, many of whom are current holders of high office, but will continue critical reporting on President Trump,' said Parscale.

'As President Trump's campaign, we are accustomed to unfair reporting practices, but most news organizations don't announce their biases so publicly.'

Donald J. Trump for President, the campaign organization Parscale leads, is separate from the White House—which hasn't staked out a position yet on Bloomberg News.

Some White House aides have told DailyMail.com that they expect repercussions directed at Bloomberg reporters who work at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.

Bloomberg sat for an interview that aired Friday on 'CBS This Morning'; his comments about endorsing journalism restrictions for employees who might cover his campaign was cut from the broadcast and distributed on Twitter instead

Brad Parscale, campaign manager for U.S. President Donald Trump, announced that the campaign won't credential any Bloomberg reporters unless the news outlet reverses itself

The financial news outlet has reporters at the White House every day and travels aboard Air Force One to both official events and campaign events.

It has long adhered to a policy of not investigating its boss, but its editor-in-chief John Micklethwait framed an expanded kid-glove treatment as a way to level the playing field during the Democratic primary season.

That has left some reporters feeling adrift and abandoned as they prepared for the quadrennial Super Bowl of political journalism.

One told CNN that Mike Bloomberg's campaign handcuffs are 'everybody's nightmare come true.'