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Weiss: NYT profile of Sam Bankman-Fried omitted political donations and fraud comparisons
“You have this 2000 word profile in the New York Times that doesn't mention the four hundred million dollars that he donated to Democratic candidates, that doesn't mention, you know, Madoff, Enron, like the kind of things that he's being compared to.”
Weiss: Common Sense rejects applicants hesitating to work across political lines
“Explicitly hiring people. That are different from me, that have different views, and that the first question I ask in every single interview is, are you comfortable working in an organization with people that vote differently from you? And if the answer is in …”
Weiss: Alternative media hunger driven by falling trust in legacy outlets
“But I think there's a growing audience of people who used to read the New York Times every morning or listen to NPR in their car, and now they're saying, I don't really trust what I'm hearing in those places. Where can I go? And that's frankly where, where com…”
Weiss: Citizen journalism cannot substitute for traditional newsroom verification
“On the other hand, you know, that is not a substitute for the kind of work that is being done every day at places like Axios. Like, you do need the fact check. You do need, you know, two sources, three sources, you know,”