Posted on 12/26/2022 1:25:25 PM PST by ChicagoConservative27
You never worked at Twitter, did you?
Breitbart, why give Semafor any publicity?
23 Nov: NY Post: Semafor under fire for not returning investment by FTX’s Sam Bankman-Fried
By Alexandra Steigrad
Bankman-Fried was reportedly an initial investor in the $25 million raised by Semafor’s founders — former Bloomberg Media CEO Justin Smith and former New York Times media columnist and Buzzfeed editor in chief Ben Smith.
After FTX imploded and filed for bankruptcy this month, there have been calls for Semafor to return the cash.
Semafor has not addressed the issue, stating to blogger Mickey Klaus that it is “monitoring the evolving situation closely.”...
Semafor’s credibility also came into question after it published an article about Bankman-Fried’s relationship with Elon Musk, claiming that the crypto CEO owned $100 million in Twitter since Musk took the company private.
Musk denied the report and called out Ben Smith for failing to disclose how much Bankman-Fried, known as SBF, invested in his company.
“As I said, neither I nor Twitter have taken any investment from SBF/FTX. Your article is a lie. Now, I’m asking again, how much of you does SBF own?” Musk tweeted Wednesday...
At launch in October, Semafor told Reuters that it “raised $25 million from investors including David Bradley, owner of The Atlantic magazine; Jessica Lessin, founder of technology website Information; and cryptocurrency exchange FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried.”...
As FTX unspooled, Bankman-Fried’s investments in other media companies like ProPublica, Vox Media, The Intercept and The Law and Justice Project were revealed, leaving critics to question whether his money impacted their coverage.
“They all took it,” Human Events Daily’s Jack Posobiec wrote on Twitter, “and none of them broke the story.”
https://nypost.com/2022/11/23/semafor-under-fire-for-not-returning-investment-in-startup-by-ftxs-sam-bankman-fried/
No. Give ‘em MORE alcohol. Maybe they’ll forget the official script.
Gee...I wonder what brought that rule on?
Wasn’t it CNN a few years ago when the skank Kathy Griffin wanted to give the homo Anderson Cooper a blow job during the New Years broadcast but he couldn’t be aroused?
And with a name like that. He sounds like zelenskys dance partner.
I lead a sheltered life. A few years ago I had to hear two DJs inform me that many men in shopping malls or outside in retail districts walking around with metal coffee containers aren’t sipping coffee but alcohol.
Bruce Willis gif....
“I’d walk across broken glass barefoot to cast my vote for the Democrats.”
Just a joke.
However,
“In 1988, Willis and then-wife Demi Moore campaigned for Democratic Governor Michael Dukakis’ Presidential bid. Four years later, he supported President George H. W. Bush for reelection and was an outspoken critic of Bill Clinton.” Wikipedia.
Kathy Griffin not Kathy (Lee) Gifford. You might want to delete this post.
Probably for the best. Their drunken behavior was a complete embarrassment. I can’t think of any other TV network that knowingly allowed staff to drink on the air during an event.
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