Just a Tweet, but no explanation

Source: https://twitter.com/dailybruin/status/1731931464688619797.

The link in the tweet appears to refer to this statement:

Conflicts of Interest

If a journalist is affiliated with an interest group, club or business they seek to report on, their resulting work is more likely to be biased or perceived as biased by our readership.

Our policies: 

• • Members of the Daily Bruin are barred from:
    • Accepting gifts, materials, money and meals from sources.
    • Participating in any other form of exchange that would provide individual benefit to the reporter.
    • Reporting on individuals with whom the reporter has a personal, financial or romantic relationship.
    • Reporting on any area of interest tied to their outside occupation or sources of funding.
  • Members of the Daily Bruin may not be involved with:
    • Student government, including the Undergraduate Students Association Council, the Graduate Students Association, the Associated Students UCLA Board of Directors or the On-Campus Housing Council.
    • Politically oriented groups or clubs, including Bruin Democrats, Bruin Republicans and other groups that are publicly perceived as political. 
  • Members of the Daily Bruin must avoid:
    • Attending protests based on political affiliation. If staff members participate in nonpartisan protests, they are barred from writing about or reporting on that topic during their time at The Bruin.
    • Publicly donating to partisan candidates or causes, both on campus and off campus.
    • Displaying overt preference in any areas of coverage.
      • For example, posting a “Biden 2020” logo to social media accounts or wearing a “Beat USC” T-shirt to a UCLA football game.
  • Members of the Daily Bruin must abide by the following guidelines on their public, Daily Bruin-affiliated social media accounts.
    • Members are not permitted to express their views about politics, the University of California, UCLA administration or UCLA sports (for sports writers).
    • Members may repost or retweet opinion pieces, but should not add unique commentary on the issues. (e.g. “I completely agree!” or “Vote them out 2020.”)
    • Members may repost, retweet or compose information-based posts on partisan topics. They should not engage in opinion-based discussion on said posts.
  • Note: Opinion columnists at the Daily Bruin have more leeway to engage in partisan causes and organizations. All involvements remain at the discretion of the editor in chief. 

Why is this our policy?

• Conflicts of interest of any kind threaten truthful, unbiased reporting. This happens firstly through the actual potential to affect a journalist’s reporting. This happens secondly through perception: Readers may rightly point out the journalist’s conflict of interest and thus invalidate the necessary credibility of the work.

Source: https://dailybruin.com/the-daily-bruin-community-guide#Policies%20and%20Ethics.