I don't really understand this narrative, that the media are going soft on FTX or SBF. The NYT did do one soft-ball interview, to their discredit, but that was well before we knew the full extent of the wrongdoing and they've been pretty clear-headed since (https://archive.ph/AxB6G). Bloomberg has been very clear (Matt Levine, as you note, has been pretty scathing, despite being a former fan of SBF).

Where is this media that is trying to white-wash FTX?