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This NYT puff piece is a shame. It doesn't mention the fraud committed of using users' funds, servers wiped out, etc. And put this in the context of the NYT w

by gasull 4y ago

This NYT puff piece is a shame. It doesn't mention the fraud committed of using users' funds, servers wiped out, etc. And put this in the context of the NYT writing negative pieces for 10 years on almost every tech founder. EDIT: A Twitter thread on how SBF is well-connected with the New York Times. https://twitter.com/JagoeCapital/status/1592311592875597826 https://twitter.com/JagoeCapital/status/1592311592875597826

kache_ 4y ago
It's almost as if NYT is extremely biased
MangoCoffee 4y ago
NYT reporter have an hour with SBF. https://twitter.com/yaffebellany/status/1592353938099302401?s=20&t=MZj3t4xgKW-5vMkb_D5N-w https://twitter.com/yaffebellany/status/1592353938099302401?... Nothing about fraud or crime. https://twitter.com/TrungTPhan/status/1592349684471037955?s=20&t=MZj3t4xgKW-5vMkb_D5N-w https://twitter.com/TrungTPhan/status/1592349684471037955?s=... then someone on Twitter found the connection between SBF and WEF, his aunt. "As for the WEF, its ties with Bankman-Fried extend to his family as well. His aunt, Linda P. Fried, an epidemiologist who serves as the dean of Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health, is listed on the WEF’s website." https://nypost.com/2022/11/14/how-world-economic-forum-others-are-hiding-past-ties-with-ftx/ https://nypost.com/2022/11/14/how-world-economic-forum-other... SBF seem to have a lot of connections with the elites of our society. This FTX fiasco look more and more like Thaneno.
- masklinn 4y ago
  > Thaneno Autocorrect of theranos?
  - MangoCoffee 4y ago
    typo. Elizabeth Holmes's company.
- bmitc 4y ago
  Why would they send such an inexperienced reporter to interview someone like this who has manipulated even experienced people?
  - carlivar 4y ago
    Are you overlooking the obvious: that it is not a very good newspaper at some things?
    - gasull 4y ago
      Or that the NYT and the connected elites have an agenda? https://twitter.com/WakeToBitcoin/status/1591542267742937089 https://twitter.com/WakeToBitcoin/status/1591542267742937089
  - notch656a 4y ago
    The whole debacle reeks of someone who is used to being the smartest person in the room and using it for manipulation. Unfortunately he has reached a point where intelligence is no longer needed to see the end result (thousands cannot withdraw from their accounts), and no amount of manipulation is going to change that. The nonsensical tweets are like watching a sociopath short-circuit when he gets caught in his own trap.
  - googlryas 4y ago
    I'd rather like to know why sophisticated people were easily manipulated by him, but he seemed to set off alarm bells all the time in unsophisticated people(like myself, but also many others)
    - notch656a 4y ago
      I have a theory that certain successful people have a very acute ability to grasp opportunities while downplaying downides/risks, which sometimes can be a very successful life strategy. The average person may be more in tune to these risks as our life depends on only a few paychecks of runway before homelessness.
    - 4y ago
- ciphol 4y ago
  Imagine, someone whose parents are both Stanford professors might have a family connection to other highly successful professionals.
- somenameforme 4y ago
  This post just sent me on an interesting web crawl. Summarizing what you said, alongside some other interesting discoveries: His aunt works at the World Economic Forum [1]. The World Economic Forum was promoting his organization, FTX. [2] He was the second largest donor to Biden's 2020 campaign. He was also the second largest donor to DNC primary campaigns [4]. He had a stated intent of spending up to $1 billion on the 2024 election [5]. The NYTimes, which generally has an overwhelmingly negative stance on crypto/tech/billionaires, is now running puff pieces on him. [6] It will be an interesting test of our legal system. It's increasingly looking like FTX was simply a giant scam/fraud, but SBF is extremely well connected and buttered all the right bellies. --- [1] - https://web.archive.org/web/20221112024919/https://www.weforum.org/organizations/ftx https://web.archive.org/web/20221112024919/https://www.wefor... [2] - https://www.weforum.org/people/linda-p-fried https://www.weforum.org/people/linda-p-fried [3] - https://www.wsj.com/articles/its-a-close-race-for-ceo-support-too-11603913772 https://www.wsj.com/articles/its-a-close-race-for-ceo-suppor... [4] - https://www.opensecrets.org/elections-overview/biggest-donors?cycle=2022 https://www.opensecrets.org/elections-overview/biggest-donor... [5] - https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2022-election/crypto-billionaire-says-spend-record-breaking-1-billion-2024-election-rcna30351 https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2022-election/crypto-billio... [6] - https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/14/technology/ftx-sam-bankman-fried-crypto-bankruptcy.html https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/14/technology/ftx-sam-bankma...
memish 4y ago
This makes me think he's going to get away with it.
cavisne 4y ago
Worth adding that “negative pieces for 10 years” is not an opinion. It was official NYT editorial policy (original tweet now deleted) https://twitter.com/KelseyTuoc/status/1588231892792328192 https://twitter.com/KelseyTuoc/status/1588231892792328192

by gasull 4y ago

kache_ 4y ago

It's almost as if NYT is extremely biased

MangoCoffee 4y ago

NYT reporter have an hour with SBF. https://twitter.com/yaffebellany/status/1592353938099302401?s=20&t=MZj3t4xgKW-5vMkb_D5N-w https://twitter.com/yaffebellany/status/1592353938099302401?... Nothing about fraud or crime. https://twitter.com/TrungTPhan/status/1592349684471037955?s=20&t=MZj3t4xgKW-5vMkb_D5N-w https://twitter.com/TrungTPhan/status/1592349684471037955?s=... then someone on Twitter found the connection between SBF and WEF, his aunt. "As for the WEF, its ties with Bankman-Fried extend to his family as well. His aunt, Linda P. Fried, an epidemiologist who serves as the dean of Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health, is listed on the WEF’s website." https://nypost.com/2022/11/14/how-world-economic-forum-others-are-hiding-past-ties-with-ftx/ https://nypost.com/2022/11/14/how-world-economic-forum-other... SBF seem to have a lot of connections with the elites of our society. This FTX fiasco look more and more like Thaneno.

masklinn 4y ago
> Thaneno Autocorrect of theranos?
- MangoCoffee 4y ago
  typo. Elizabeth Holmes's company.
bmitc 4y ago
Why would they send such an inexperienced reporter to interview someone like this who has manipulated even experienced people?
- carlivar 4y ago
  Are you overlooking the obvious: that it is not a very good newspaper at some things?
  - gasull 4y ago
    Or that the NYT and the connected elites have an agenda? https://twitter.com/WakeToBitcoin/status/1591542267742937089 https://twitter.com/WakeToBitcoin/status/1591542267742937089
- notch656a 4y ago
  The whole debacle reeks of someone who is used to being the smartest person in the room and using it for manipulation. Unfortunately he has reached a point where intelligence is no longer needed to see the end result (thousands cannot withdraw from their accounts), and no amount of manipulation is going to change that. The nonsensical tweets are like watching a sociopath short-circuit when he gets caught in his own trap.
- googlryas 4y ago
  I'd rather like to know why sophisticated people were easily manipulated by him, but he seemed to set off alarm bells all the time in unsophisticated people(like myself, but also many others)
  - notch656a 4y ago
    I have a theory that certain successful people have a very acute ability to grasp opportunities while downplaying downides/risks, which sometimes can be a very successful life strategy. The average person may be more in tune to these risks as our life depends on only a few paychecks of runway before homelessness.
  - 4y ago
ciphol 4y ago
Imagine, someone whose parents are both Stanford professors might have a family connection to other highly successful professionals.
somenameforme 4y ago
This post just sent me on an interesting web crawl. Summarizing what you said, alongside some other interesting discoveries: His aunt works at the World Economic Forum [1]. The World Economic Forum was promoting his organization, FTX. [2] He was the second largest donor to Biden's 2020 campaign. He was also the second largest donor to DNC primary campaigns [4]. He had a stated intent of spending up to $1 billion on the 2024 election [5]. The NYTimes, which generally has an overwhelmingly negative stance on crypto/tech/billionaires, is now running puff pieces on him. [6] It will be an interesting test of our legal system. It's increasingly looking like FTX was simply a giant scam/fraud, but SBF is extremely well connected and buttered all the right bellies. --- [1] - https://web.archive.org/web/20221112024919/https://www.weforum.org/organizations/ftx https://web.archive.org/web/20221112024919/https://www.wefor... [2] - https://www.weforum.org/people/linda-p-fried https://www.weforum.org/people/linda-p-fried [3] - https://www.wsj.com/articles/its-a-close-race-for-ceo-support-too-11603913772 https://www.wsj.com/articles/its-a-close-race-for-ceo-suppor... [4] - https://www.opensecrets.org/elections-overview/biggest-donors?cycle=2022 https://www.opensecrets.org/elections-overview/biggest-donor... [5] - https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2022-election/crypto-billionaire-says-spend-record-breaking-1-billion-2024-election-rcna30351 https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2022-election/crypto-billio... [6] - https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/14/technology/ftx-sam-bankman-fried-crypto-bankruptcy.html https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/14/technology/ftx-sam-bankma...

memish 4y ago

This makes me think he's going to get away with it.

cavisne 4y ago

Worth adding that “negative pieces for 10 years” is not an opinion. It was official NYT editorial policy (original tweet now deleted) https://twitter.com/KelseyTuoc/status/1588231892792328192 https://twitter.com/KelseyTuoc/status/1588231892792328192