FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF ) was released on bail and traveled to his parents’ home in California, where cryptocurrency advocate Tiffany Fong and “The Big Short” author Michael Lewis visited SBF while he was under house arrest. reported. Fong details that she was able to interview her SBF, and Lewis visited to get information on the fall of her FTX empire, presumably for the writer’s next book.
SBF gains two visitors while under house arrest and before his January 3 arraignment in New York
Since SBF was released on bail Two people visit the infamous former FTX CEO while he’s under house arrest. Tiffany Fong revealed that he had met with the SBF and said he hadn’t written anything yet when he tweeted about his talks with the SBF on Dec. 28.
The following day, the New York Post published aarticleabout Fong’s visit, and the article’s authors Selim Algar, Andy Tillet, and Patrick Riley called Fong “sexy.” I decided to call The Crypto Influencer’ post also used a photo of Fong in a bikini, and when the article was published, Fong wasn’t happy with the portrayal.”Jesus fkn Christ” and her Fong saidand shared the article.
Fong also detailed that she “obviously wasn’t wearing a bikini” when interviewing SBF, and she said the post was “[her] old In addition to The Post, the Daily Mail also ran an article about her visit. Fong said a Daily Mail reporter pointed out that she wasn’t happy with her using an unrelated old bikini photo in an article for The Post.
“As soon as I answered their question and provided a few comments, [Daily Mail] immediately switched my picture to a bikini picture,” said Fong .I have shared a screenshot of the then modified version of the original article. In addition to Fong’s statement, her Taylor Lorenz from The Washington Post tweeted about the treatment Fong received from The Post and the Daily Mail.
“[Tiffany Fong] got a big scoop while covering FTX tirelessly,” tweeted Lorenz . of tech/financial journalists, what she does is journalism, but because she’s a young woman (& who uses the internet to reach her audience), the media treat her like this.
Fong also tweeted how the Post wrote about Michael Lewis, author of The Big Short, visiting SBF.She:
Michael Lewis actually “spent hours” with Sam Bankman-Fried before I did. Is Michael Lewis sexualized?
There are manyarticlesfeaturing Lewis published by the New York Post. Unlike Fong’s article, Lewis is not shown wearing swimming trunks or a speedometer. The post-editorial on Lewis is very very similar.
An article in the Washington Post described Lewis’ “publisher pitching the book to potential film rights buyers” and reports of the pitch well before SBF’s arrest. emphasizing what has been revealed. The news of two visitors at SBF after being released under house arrest also follows accusations that the former FTX CEO moved $684,000 in crypto assets linked to Alameda addresses.An article in The Post , the author detailed that Fong further noted that SBF was on his computer during the duo’s discussion.
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