After FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) was launched on bail and traveled to his mum or dad’s residence in California, it has been reported that SBF was visited by the crypto advocate Tiffany Fong, and likewise the “Large Brief” creator Michael Lewis whereas he’s been on home arrest. Fong detailed she managed to interview SBF, whereas Lewis visited to presumably get data on the downfall of the FTX empire for the author’s upcoming ebook.
SBF Will get 2 Guests Whereas on Home Arrest and Earlier than His Jan. 3 Arraignment in New York
Since SBF was launched on bail, reviews observe that two individuals have been granted entry to go to the disgraced former FTX CEO whereas he’s on home arrest. Tiffany Fong disclosed that she met with SBF and famous that she had not written something but when she tweeted about her dialogue with SBF on Dec. 28.
The next day, The New York Submit printed an article about Fong’s go to, and the article’s authors Selim Algar, Andy Tillett, and Patrick Reilly determined to name Fong a “attractive crypto influencer.” The Submit additionally used an image of Fong sporting a bikini and when the article was printed, Fong was not happy with the depiction. “Jesus fkn christ,” Fong mentioned, sharing the article.
Fong additionally detailed that she “clearly was not sporting a bikini” when she interviewed SBF, and she or he mentioned The Submit “determined to creep [through her] previous pics.” Along with The Submit, the Every day Mail additionally printed an article about her go to, and Fong mentioned the Every day Mail reporters famous that she was not happy with using an irrelevant previous bikini photograph in The Submit’s article.
“As quickly as I supplied a sliver of commentary in response to their questions, [Daily Mail] instantly switched their photograph of me to a bikini photograph,” Fong mentioned, sharing a screenshot of the unique article after which the modified model. Along with Fong’s statements, Taylor Lorenz from the Washington Submit tweeted in regards to the remedy Fong obtained from The Submit and Every day Mail.
“[Tiffany Fong] has gotten large scoops whereas tirelessly protecting FTX,” Lorenz tweeted. “She’s revered by mainstream tech/finance journalists at Wapo, NYT, and so on. What she does is journalism, however as a result of she’s a younger lady (& utilizing the web to achieve her viewers) that is how the media treats her.”
Fong additionally tweeted about how The Submit wrote an article in regards to the “Large Brief” creator Michael Lewis’s go to with SBF when she mentioned:
Michael Lewis truly ‘spent a number of hours’ with Sam Bankman-Fried earlier than I did. Is Michael Lewis being sexualized [and] bombarded with questions on whether or not or not they ‘banged?’
The article that includes Lewis and printed by The New York Submit is a complete lot totally different than Fong’s article, and it doesn’t present Lewis in his swim trunks or speedos. The Submit editorial about Lewis is sort of just like an excessive amount of the write-ups regarding the “Large Brief,” “Moneyball,” and “Flash Boys” creator attending to spend six months with SBF earlier than FTX collapsed.
The Submit’s article highlights how Lewis’s “publishing company [is] pitching the ebook to potential film rights consumers” and reviews of the pitch sale have been disclosed nicely earlier than SBF was arrested. The information of SBF having two guests, after being launched on home arrest, additionally follows accusations that allege the previous FTX CEO moved $684K in crypto property related to Alameda addresses. In The Submit’s article, the authors detailed that Fong had additional famous that SBF was on his pc in the course of the duo’s dialogue.
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