Well, it's been exposed multiple times that money, egos and the media that needs to report about them create a school lunch table where they simply stroke each other's ego and inflate everything they do.

No need for a conspiracy, everyones seen this in some aspect, it just gets worse when these people are throwing money around in the billions.

all you need to do is witness someone Like Elon musk to see how disruptive this type of thing is.

You are delusional if you think YC folks does not have a wide network of tech journalists who would side with them when they need.

They give the journos access as long as they don't bite the hand that feeds. Anyone calling this a conspiracy theory simply hasn't been in the valley long enough to see how these things work.

Or frankly any industry that is covered by an industry press. Games, movies, cars, it's all the same.

YC has an entire website (this one) it can use when it needs to lol.

You do know PR firms exist, right? Or have you been living under a rock since the dawn of the 20th century?

Really? It's well documented and even admitted that Apple has a set of Apple-friendly media partners.

Even the Federal Reserve has the “Fed Whisperer” Nick Timiraos. Pretty much an open secret he has a direct line.