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Ellen Pao has her own axe to grind. Ms. Holmes isn't on trial for being a woman, she's on trial for defrauding investors. The other male entrepreneurs Ms. Pao r

Ellen Pao has her own axe to grind. Ms. Holmes isn't on trial for being a woman, she's on trial for defrauding investors. The other male entrepreneurs Ms. Pao refers to have certainly been guilty of gaming the system -- isn't that what "disrupters" are supposed to do? But that's different from deliberately lying about the product you're trying to sell.

handmodel 5y ago
Agreed. A bit embarrassing she doesn't even mention that Sunny Balwani is charged with the exact same crime as Elizabeth Holmes. I feel like it would be legitimate to ask why the media covers them differently. However, very silly that her best arguments of sexism is to assert in throwaway lines that we could charge Zuck criminally for anti-vax statements on Facebook.
- moralestapia 5y ago
  >could charge Zuck criminally for anti-vax statements on Facebook Care to elaborate? I'm out of the loop on this one.
  - handmodel 5y ago
    I can't get into the article now because I've reached my limit but there was a line that said "Why do we only charge Elizabeth Holmes? When will we find those CEOs who let blatant vaccine misinformation guilty of causing harm?" If your view is that a CEO of a social media company should be held liable that really need its own op-ed, not a single sentence. I find it impossible to believe that one could think the reason the CEO of a social media site is not being charged is due to their gender. No one has been held liable (no publisher, writer, etc.) for vaccine misinfo. Its a complete garbage argument that undermines other legitimate claims of sexism in SV
sumedh 5y ago
> she's on trial for defrauding investors. didnt her company lie to patients as well who took those tests?
reducesuffering 5y ago
How else would she garner support for her 10-person nonprofit funding her $2m/year lifestyle?
raxxorrax 5y ago
Some dislike Mrs. Pao for reasons other than her being a woman. Summoning sexism is a deliberate tactic to denounce critics, a fraud itself. This is a dishonest article about sexism we had so many in recent times.

handmodel 5y ago

Agreed. A bit embarrassing she doesn't even mention that Sunny Balwani is charged with the exact same crime as Elizabeth Holmes. I feel like it would be legitimate to ask why the media covers them differently. However, very silly that her best arguments of sexism is to assert in throwaway lines that we could charge Zuck criminally for anti-vax statements on Facebook.

moralestapia 5y ago
>could charge Zuck criminally for anti-vax statements on Facebook Care to elaborate? I'm out of the loop on this one.
- handmodel 5y ago
  I can't get into the article now because I've reached my limit but there was a line that said "Why do we only charge Elizabeth Holmes? When will we find those CEOs who let blatant vaccine misinformation guilty of causing harm?" If your view is that a CEO of a social media company should be held liable that really need its own op-ed, not a single sentence. I find it impossible to believe that one could think the reason the CEO of a social media site is not being charged is due to their gender. No one has been held liable (no publisher, writer, etc.) for vaccine misinfo. Its a complete garbage argument that undermines other legitimate claims of sexism in SV

sumedh 5y ago

> she's on trial for defrauding investors. didnt her company lie to patients as well who took those tests?

reducesuffering 5y ago

How else would she garner support for her 10-person nonprofit funding her $2m/year lifestyle?

raxxorrax 5y ago

Some dislike Mrs. Pao for reasons other than her being a woman. Summoning sexism is a deliberate tactic to denounce critics, a fraud itself. This is a dishonest article about sexism we had so many in recent times.