Formerly: Editor-in-chief for News at Business Insider and editorial director at DL News. Also the author of Say Thank You for Everything.
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Dec 15, 2023 • 9 tweets • 3 min read
New from me: a deep dive on why the media—and the New York Times in particular—were so slow to investigate the Wuhan lab linked to the Covid-19 pandemic.
🧵 The highlights:
3 sources told me they approached the NYT with evidence that a lab leak was plausible, but were ignored.
Nicholas Wade, the NYT’s former science editor and a current writer for the paper, pitched a lengthy story about the lab’s history — but was shot down:
May 3, 2023 • 6 tweets • 3 min read
Alex Mashinsky has finally given his side of the story on the collapse of Celsius, the crypto exchange that held $40 billion at its peak … and he is blaming SBF and FTX.
In a response to the NY lawsuit on securities law violations, @Mashinsky says: “The complaint...parrots misinformation online about Mashinsky and Celsius and borrows others’ baseless conclusions, demonstrates a fundamental misunderstanding of Celsius...and Mashinsky’s role."