NYT Business Editor Didn’t ‘Give a F*ck’ About Backlash to Elizabeth Holmes Puff Piece

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During a business desk all-hands call on Tuesday, according to Vanity Fair, New York Times business editor Ellen Pollack told staffers she didn’t “give a f—k” about criticism over the oddly sympathetic profile of Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes.

business editor Ellen Pollack told staffers she didn’t “give a fuck” about criticism over the piece, which devoted thousands of words to a soft-focus profile of a prison-bound convicted fraudster, generating widespread mockery and outrage online. According toWall Street Journal

reporter who chronicled Theranos’ rise and fall, so as to not scare Holmes out of participating in the profile. Pollack told staffersreporter Erin Griffith, who covered Holmes’ trial—read the profile prior to publish and did not like it. “My mother, may she rest in peace, would be appalled to hear that I cursed in public,” Pollack told

 

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