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Relevant - tweets from David Enrich, the journalist he's been worked with. Most recent update 4/22, still missing. https://twitter.com/davidenrich/status/13832

Relevant - tweets from David Enrich, the journalist he's been worked with. Most recent update 4/22, still missing. https://twitter.com/davidenrich/status/1383206855263019009 https://twitter.com/davidenrich/status/1383206855263019009

jwilber 5y ago
Looks like the missing person’s tweets were pretty hostile towards David Enrich. Also in this podcast they’re not exactly friendly: https://anchor.fm/valentin-broeksmit/episodes/Val-Broeksmit-vs-David-Enrich--The-NYTimes-Podcast-Crew-of-The-Daily-eu6sta https://anchor.fm/valentin-broeksmit/episodes/Val-Broeksmit-... edit: see below, not suggesting foul play between the two
- unityByFreedom 5y ago
  Those read tongue-in-cheek or in jest to me, not hostile. https://mobile.twitter.com/BikiniRobotArmy https://mobile.twitter.com/BikiniRobotArmy
  - ishiz 5y ago
    > tongue-in-cheek or in jest How so? I didn't get this interpretation at all, so I'm curious what you think.
  - plank_time 5y ago
    You are definitely misreading them. They are extremely angry towards that journalist.
  - jwilber 5y ago
    I can see that angle as well. I decided to look for more evidence, and found a previous article David wrote about Val for the NYT. [0] After reading it, my take is that the comments were hostile, but I don’t suspect any foul play between the two. Just two men who, despite not necessarily respecting the other, worked together to further their own agendas. An excerpt: “... the Broeksmit family have warned me that Mr. Broeksmit is not to be trusted, and, well, they might have a point. His drug use has sent him reeling between manias and stupors. He has a maddening habit of leaping to outrageous conclusions and then bending facts to fit far-fetched theories. He fantasizes about seeing his story told by Hollywood, and I sometimes wonder whether he’s manipulating me to achieve that ambition. He can be impatient, erratic and abusive. A few days ago, irate that he was not named in a blurb for my book on Amazon, among other perceived slights, he sent me a string of texts claiming that he’d taken out a brokerage account in my name and traded on secret information I’d supposedly fed him. (This is not true.) A little later, he left me a voice mail message saying it was all a joke. Why do I put up with this? Because his trove of corporate emails, financial materials, boardroom presentations and legal reports is credible — even if he is not. “ Probably more relevant that his father was a Deutsch Bank exec who committed suicide, and he seemed to be shopping the leaks around for some time. Or that he was an apparent opioid user. [0] https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/01/business/val-broeksmit-deutsche-bank-trump-whistle-blower.html https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/01/business/val-broeksmit-de...
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jwilber 5y ago

Looks like the missing person’s tweets were pretty hostile towards David Enrich. Also in this podcast they’re not exactly friendly: https://anchor.fm/valentin-broeksmit/episodes/Val-Broeksmit-vs-David-Enrich--The-NYTimes-Podcast-Crew-of-The-Daily-eu6sta https://anchor.fm/valentin-broeksmit/episodes/Val-Broeksmit-... edit: see below, not suggesting foul play between the two

unityByFreedom 5y ago
Those read tongue-in-cheek or in jest to me, not hostile. https://mobile.twitter.com/BikiniRobotArmy https://mobile.twitter.com/BikiniRobotArmy
- ishiz 5y ago
  > tongue-in-cheek or in jest How so? I didn't get this interpretation at all, so I'm curious what you think.
- plank_time 5y ago
  You are definitely misreading them. They are extremely angry towards that journalist.
- jwilber 5y ago
  I can see that angle as well. I decided to look for more evidence, and found a previous article David wrote about Val for the NYT. [0] After reading it, my take is that the comments were hostile, but I don’t suspect any foul play between the two. Just two men who, despite not necessarily respecting the other, worked together to further their own agendas. An excerpt: “... the Broeksmit family have warned me that Mr. Broeksmit is not to be trusted, and, well, they might have a point. His drug use has sent him reeling between manias and stupors. He has a maddening habit of leaping to outrageous conclusions and then bending facts to fit far-fetched theories. He fantasizes about seeing his story told by Hollywood, and I sometimes wonder whether he’s manipulating me to achieve that ambition. He can be impatient, erratic and abusive. A few days ago, irate that he was not named in a blurb for my book on Amazon, among other perceived slights, he sent me a string of texts claiming that he’d taken out a brokerage account in my name and traded on secret information I’d supposedly fed him. (This is not true.) A little later, he left me a voice mail message saying it was all a joke. Why do I put up with this? Because his trove of corporate emails, financial materials, boardroom presentations and legal reports is credible — even if he is not. “ Probably more relevant that his father was a Deutsch Bank exec who committed suicide, and he seemed to be shopping the leaks around for some time. Or that he was an apparent opioid user. [0] https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/01/business/val-broeksmit-deutsche-bank-trump-whistle-blower.html https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/01/business/val-broeksmit-de...
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