ppl wondering about the disparate treatment of SBF et al vs coinbase in the @nytimes i think part of the issue is SBF et al come from and ensconced themselves in the media and academic establishment. he was the #2 biden donor in 2020. he'll pay but they're going to be nice.

@nytimes ppl treat with sympathy those who are like them. SBF cultivated the liberal establishment, and all that capital isn't gone right now. in contrast, coinbase was more adversarial, so they had no capital

candidly i understand, and respect, the sympathetic treatment of SBF by those who are of his class and caste, the Haute PMC and the like.
what bothers me in other cases is the pose and stance of 'objectivity.' outgroups are not given charity...