Elon Musk Blasts Legacy Media's 'Gingerly' SBF Coverage
While busy managing Twitter, Elon Musk has still been keeping up with the drama surrounding FTX and its former CEO, Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF). The billionaire has written numerous tweets this week signaling his distaste for SBF and media outlets covering him uncritically. Musk began by ripping into the Wall Street Journal on Monday. The outlet published an opinion piece claiming that FTX ultimately failed “because Sam Bankman-Fried’s supporters lost confidence in him.” “Yeah umm … that is definitely not the reason it failed,” replied Musk. He later criticized the publication for giving “foot massages to a criminal” in another article about SBF’s so-called “mission to save the world.” FTX filed for bankruptcy on November 11th after the exchange proved incapable of satisfying customer withdrawal requests. Bankman-Fried admitted to facing an $8 billion shortfall on customer deposits. Other exchange CEOs, including Coinbase chief Brian Armstrong, said it was likely that SBF re...