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Opinion
Sacks: The Wall Street Journal is priming America for war with Iran
“They're beating the drums of war. They're trying to basically prime the administration to go to war.”
David Sacks Oct 27, 2023 ▶ 19:00 E151: WW3 risk, War with Iran?, 4.9% GDP, startup failures growing, new Speaker & more
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Sacks alleges Anthropic whistleblower coordinated rollout with AI safety groups
“We know he pre-briefed the Wall Street Journal, and I think we can also say that these major Doomer groups, by amplifying his tweet within 10 to 15 minutes of him posting it on an account that had no tweets and no followers, they were alerted to this and proba…”
David Sacks Sep 12, 2026 ▶ 28:43 AI Kills Everybody or Doomer Psyop? OpenAI’s Math Breakthrough, Nike’s $200B Collapse
Opinion
Sacks: Wall Street Journal's Ukraine coverage was among the most biased
“The Wall Street Journal's news coverage of Ukraine was some of the most biased and inaccurate of any publication, any major Western publication”
David Sacks Oct 27, 2023 ▶ 19:33 E151: WW3 risk, War with Iran?, 4.9% GDP, startup failures growing, new Speaker & more
Assertion Contradicted
Baker: Anthropic was EBIT positive in the most recent quarter
“They were EBIT positive per the Wall Street Journal in the most recent quarter”
Gavin Baker May 22, 2026 ▶ 4:38 SpaceX’s $2T Case, Nvidia’s Shock Selloff, America Turns on AI, Trump Pulls AI Order, Bond Crisis?
Assertion Partly supported
Sacks: US banks hold $620B in unrealized treasury losses
“So the Wall Street Journal right now is reporting that US banks have 620 Billion of unrealized losses just on treasuries.”
David Sacks Mar 11, 2023 ▶ 52:48 E119: Silicon Valley Bank implodes: startup extinction event, contagion risk, culpability, and more
Assertion Supported
Sacks: Wall Street Journal under Bob Bartley supported open borders amendment
“When Bob Bartley was the editor of the Wall Street Journal op-ed page, they actually supported a constitutional amendment in favor of open borders.”
David Sacks Jun 13, 2025 ▶ 40:34 Tucker Carlson: ICE Raids, LA Riots, Strong Economic Data, Politicized Fed, War with Iran?
Assertion Supported
Calacanis: US CPI rose 6.2% in October 2021, highest jump since 1990
“The CPI, ah, has gone up 6.2% in October, highest jump in 31 years since 1990, according to the Wall Street Journal, fifth largest straight month, fifth straight month of inflation above five percent.”
Jason Calacanis Nov 13, 2021 ▶ 42:12 E55: Valuing crypto projects, Rivian worth $100B+, inflation: causes and corrections and more
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