On Nov. 18th, Semafor, the worldwide information firm, launched an announcement stating “no cause specifically, however you can too comply with us on,” after which listed quite a few their social media platforms.
No cause specifically, however you can too comply with us on:
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— Semafor (@semafor) November 18, 2022
On Nov. twenty third, Elon Musk responded to that tweet, claiming that Semafor is owned by Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF), and alleged a “large” battle of curiosity in Semafor’s reporting.
Semafor is owned by SBF. It is a large battle of curiosity in your reporting. Journalistic integrity is 🗑️. pic.twitter.com/1AB6KReJUj
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 23, 2022
In response to Musk’s allegation, Semafor Editor-in-chief, Ben Smith, acknowledged the funding from SBF however claimed that this data is disclosed every time Semafor covers SBF content material. Inside the similar response, Smith additionally claimed that Musk and “many others” had taken an funding from SBF.
Such as you and plenty of others, we took an funding from him. We’ve got lined him aggressively, and disclose it each time we write about him, together with right here https://t.co/7yS5166PtP.
— Ben Smith (@semaforben) November 23, 2022
Technical analyst, Duo 9, additionally joined the controversy to contribute his opinion.
As the general public debate steadily gained engagement, entrepreneur and futurist creator, Steve Faktor highlighted a video created by the famend web detective, Coffeezilla, which questioned Bloomberg’s integrity.
One other big battle of curiosity coming to mild at Bloomberg.https://t.co/c6MzbVf9m5
— Steve Faktor (@ideafaktory) November 23, 2022
On the finish of the video – in an interview with Marco Hodis – it was revealed that Bloomberg’s journalists had entry to the FTX fraud story in early July however withheld the story as a result of it will be “dangerous for enterprise.”
