The United States of America vs. Samuel Bankman-Fried Indictment [pdf]

Re:The United States of America vs. Samuel Bankman-Fried Ind... by Aunche on Tuesday December 13, 2022 @07:41PM (#33978462)

This is mainstream media being sensationalist per usual. This is what the original Coindesk article wrote.

"They appeared to oscillate between dejection and defiance, at times holding their heads in their hands and clasping their hands. Bankman-Fried’s mother audibly laughed several times when her son was referred to as a “fugitive” and his father occasionally put his fingers in his ears as if to drown out the sound of the proceedings."

It definitely sounds more like a stress response.

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Re:The United States of America vs. Samuel Bankman-Fried Ind... by anonporridge on Tuesday December 13, 2022 @07:43PM (#33978480)

Lol. When Coindesk is bringing more nuanced news reporting than CNBC, you know things are whack.

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Re:The United States of America vs. Samuel Bankman-Fried Ind... by humanizersequel on Tuesday December 13, 2022 @09:25PM (#33979262)

I wasn't acquainted with them until roughly 6 months ago, but from what I've seen Coindesk has actually been an excellent publication.

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Re:The United States of America vs. Samuel Bankman-Fried Ind... by dopidopHN on Wednesday December 14, 2022 @03:02AM (#33981119)

Media arm of digital currency group. Fine people, but just as a disclaimer.

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Re:The United States of America vs. Samuel Bankman-Fried Ind... by ravel-bar-foo on Tuesday December 13, 2022 @11:59PM (#33980184)

They both make money by selling ad space and attracting eyeballs to that space, but the audience of Coindesk is going to be much more interested in the financial details, whereas the more general audience of CNBC is going to be less interested in getting the details of the story right, and more likely to read a story that is lightly sensationalized.

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Re:The United States of America vs. Samuel Bankman-Fried Ind... by ccn0p on Wednesday December 14, 2022 @12:45AM (#33980389)

"less interested in getting the details of the story right" is exactly what is "whack" about media today.

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Re:The United States of America vs. Samuel Bankman-Fried Ind... by mcv on Wednesday December 14, 2022 @04:33AM (#33981601)

Some media seem more interested in getting the details of a story wrong.

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Re:The United States of America vs. Samuel Bankman-Fried Ind... by seanw444 on Wednesday December 14, 2022 @10:14AM (#33984538)

Wrong vs right is unimportant when short term profit is at stake.

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Re:The United States of America vs. Samuel Bankman-Fried Ind... by anonporridge on Wednesday December 14, 2022 @01:08PM (#33987290)

Or maybe it's better said that Coindesk readers are much more likely to have real skin in the game, and therefore highly penalize news outlets that give inaccurate information.

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Re:The United States of America vs. Samuel Bankman-Fried Ind... by catominor on Tuesday December 13, 2022 @07:53PM (#33978571)

things be whack

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Re:The United States of America vs. Samuel Bankman-Fried Ind... by leobg on Wednesday December 14, 2022 @03:48AM (#33981361)

What a laughable game of telephone. A writes “holding their heads in their hands”. And B, presumably to add their own twist to the story, perhaps to avoid quoting A verbatim, turns it into “put their fingers in their ears”.

Edit: Just realized that A actually did speak of the father putting his fingers in his ears.

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Re:The United States of America vs. Samuel Bankman-Fried Ind... by joeblubaugh on Tuesday December 13, 2022 @09:07PM (#33979134)

So you’re saying that the facts in the sentence are true

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