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They did this whole piece about him donating to effective altruism, but they didn't even mention that he's a top political donor, let alone investigate it. FTX

by memish 4y ago

They did this whole piece about him donating to effective altruism, but they didn't even mention that he's a top political donor, let alone investigate it. FTX’s Collapse Casts a Pall on a Philanthropy Movement Sam Bankman-Fried, the chief executive of the embattled cryptocurrency exchange, was a proponent and donor of the “effective altruism” movement. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/13/business/ftx-effective-altruism.html https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/13/business/ftx-effective-al...

mynameishere 4y ago
You can't mention that he's the #2 political donor without mentioning that those donations went to the Democratic party and that the #1 political donor is George Soros. Any kind of negative reporting against either is absolutely forbidden. You also get into the possibility that there was a cycle of money that went: US Taxpayer Dollars -> Ukraine -> FTX -> Democratic Party -> Further Money to Ukraine. That's influence buying of the absolute ugliest sort and the NY Times is unlikely to even hint at it.
- jjtheblunt 4y ago
  which is because the NYT is pwned by the Democrats somehow undisclosed?
  - MichaelCollins 4y ago
    pwned? They're not hacked, just partisan.
    - jjtheblunt 4y ago
      yeah i understand...un-editable typo oops ftw.
twiddling 4y ago
https://givingpledge.org/pledger?pledgerId=445 https://givingpledge.org/pledger?pledgerId=445
- colinsane 4y ago
  > Pledge Letter > A while ago I became convinced that our duty was to do the most we could for the long run aggregate utility of the world. > In the end, it’s the work my friends and colleagues at foundations do that matters the most. A more just world would shine a brighter light on them. In this world, I’m honored to be able to support their work. the page is titled “Pledge Letter”... but where’s the pledge? what am i looking at here?
jjtheblunt 4y ago
But NYT is soooooo often faulted for being a source of Democratic Party propaganda, enough so that they announced they were replacing editors within the last several months. Perhaps what you notice is NOT coincidence?
- skinnymuch 4y ago
  So they can be a mouth piece for the Republican Party? The problem is being beholden to either party. Which isn’t how any major paper or news agency/channel is.
  - jjtheblunt 4y ago
    no one suggested they should be biased either way: i.e., otherwise agreed
    - skinnymuch 4y ago
      Is there any major paper or outlet that isn't a mouth piece for a significant portion of one of the two major US parties? That was my point.
      - jjtheblunt 4y ago
        Financial Times i think is pretty balanced.

by memish 4y ago

mynameishere 4y ago

You can't mention that he's the #2 political donor without mentioning that those donations went to the Democratic party and that the #1 political donor is George Soros. Any kind of negative reporting against either is absolutely forbidden. You also get into the possibility that there was a cycle of money that went: US Taxpayer Dollars -> Ukraine -> FTX -> Democratic Party -> Further Money to Ukraine. That's influence buying of the absolute ugliest sort and the NY Times is unlikely to even hint at it.

jjtheblunt 4y ago
which is because the NYT is pwned by the Democrats somehow undisclosed?
- MichaelCollins 4y ago
  pwned? They're not hacked, just partisan.
  - jjtheblunt 4y ago
    yeah i understand...un-editable typo oops ftw.

twiddling 4y ago

https://givingpledge.org/pledger?pledgerId=445 https://givingpledge.org/pledger?pledgerId=445

colinsane 4y ago
> Pledge Letter > A while ago I became convinced that our duty was to do the most we could for the long run aggregate utility of the world. > In the end, it’s the work my friends and colleagues at foundations do that matters the most. A more just world would shine a brighter light on them. In this world, I’m honored to be able to support their work. the page is titled “Pledge Letter”... but where’s the pledge? what am i looking at here?

jjtheblunt 4y ago

But NYT is soooooo often faulted for being a source of Democratic Party propaganda, enough so that they announced they were replacing editors within the last several months. Perhaps what you notice is NOT coincidence?

skinnymuch 4y ago
So they can be a mouth piece for the Republican Party? The problem is being beholden to either party. Which isn’t how any major paper or news agency/channel is.
- jjtheblunt 4y ago
  no one suggested they should be biased either way: i.e., otherwise agreed
  - skinnymuch 4y ago
    Is there any major paper or outlet that isn't a mouth piece for a significant portion of one of the two major US parties? That was my point.
    - jjtheblunt 4y ago
      Financial Times i think is pretty balanced.