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Jay Rosen May 8, 2023

For me this was the key moment for Amy Chozick as author of "Liz Holmes Wants You to Forget About Elizabeth."

Chozick writes:

"She thinks if she’d spent more time quietly working on her inventions and less time on a stage promoting the company, she would have revolutionized health care by now."

That Holmes still believes she could transform health care tells us she is nowhere in her recognition of reality, which in turn means the con goes on. And that— 1/2
#journalism #science #nytimes

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Jay Rosen May 8, 2023

... should have been the central theme of the story, not the two people she is said to be. As Chozick writes, "she truly believes that she could have — and, in fact, she still could — change the world."

There's no two people. Just the one Holmes who has yet to meet the reality of what she did— and who she is.

Here's a gift link for the New York Times story. Should be no paywall. Hopefully it will work. 2/2
https://t.co/9a0NyIbXqZ

Elizabeth Holmes Opens Up About Her Theranos Trial and What Comes Next

The black turtlenecks are gone. So is the voice. As the convicted Theranos founder awaits prison, she has adopted a new persona: devoted mother.

The New York Times

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Gary G 🦆

@jayrosen_nyu *eyes rolled so hard my head hurts gif* - holy crap this is worse than I even imagined from the snippets I read. NYT Pitchbot *quoted from the article directly* because it is so cringe. Thanks for the gift link so I could read actually how awful it truly was. Whoever green-lighted (green-lit?) this puff piece of an obvious huckster/grifter/con-woman should be demoted or fired. Unconscionable.