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The claim is that they’ll use the opportunity to grill him with hard questions and check his lies on the spot. In reality, I have a hard time believing that af
by PragmaticPulp 4y ago
The claim is that they’ll use the opportunity to grill him with hard questions and check his lies on the spot.
In reality, I have a hard time believing that after watching Kanye West’s recent media tour where he steamrolled his interviewers and used their platforms to repeat his claims over and over again. Even the podcasts where interviewers supposedly pushed back the most (Lex Fridman is often given as an example) barely resulted in Kanye acknowledging the pushback and didn’t stop him from repeating his points over and over on the platform.
The NYTimes event is especially weird because it’s not being held up as a “watch us grill this liar” but rather “come hear talks from this impressive lineup of accomplished people!”
- candiddevmike 4y agoSBF is probably paying for the best personal brand repair money can buy. He knows if you can achieve the cult like following of Elon or Trump you can become untouchable with the right bribes.
- dmix 4y agoSBF's name is the reputational equivalent of Bernie Madoff. You think people are going to help him make a comeback or convince people to give him more money? His only counsel now is going to be criminal lawyers. No PR firm or conference interview could save this dude's reputation.
- marvin 4y agoHis PR team bought the New York Times. It's ludicrous to think that they're giving him this positive treatment without bribes. Well, not bribe-bribes, of course, but rather the kind of bribes that very rich and well-connected people can afford.
- akira2501 4y agoI have a hard time believing that Kanye West, a public entertainer with decades of media experience, is a reasonable bellwether for how SBF is likely to perform under similar circumstances.