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Says a lot about whether you can trust the WSJ.

by JoshGG 6mo ago

schmidtleonard 6mo ago
"Convicted fraudster pardons convicted fraudster therefore you can trust convicted fraudster." Wild!
ttubrian 6mo ago
'We Can Trust You Now' is a quote in the story from the subject. The subject himself claims: “I walk into meetings now, and I’ll get high-fives from the most wealthy people in the world,” he said. “They’re like, ‘Welcome to the club. You can withstand the fire. We can trust you now.’” The WSJ interviewed him and is reporting information about his past. I think the article portrays him as extremely shady and untrustworthy. Not sure what you could be seeing here to demean the WSJ.
- superxpro12 6mo ago
  Shades of Goodfellas when Henry did his time and was welcomed back with open arms.
- huhkerrf 6mo ago
  There's a school of thought that reporting on a bad person without coming out and saying "this is a bad person" is akin to endorsing that person. Myself, I think people are mature enough to be able to read past a headline and come away from this with a clear eyed view of this fraudster.
  - bloomingeek 6mo ago
    My rule has always been, forgive people, but never forget what they did. After they've made restitution, help them back to their feet, but don't let them ever get to the place where they can fail the same way. And whatever you do, don't let them get into a leadership position. They've already proved they can't help themselves when the pressure in on.
    - cheema33 6mo ago
      > forgive people, but never forget what they did. How many times are you willing to forgive? Trevor has seen prison only once. But frauds? Many.
      - bloomingeek 6mo ago
        Personally, I almost always forgive, however, I never allow that person to take advantage of me again. Trust has to be the gold standard. To err in human, thus forgive. To be taken advantage again by the same person is foolish.
  - watwut 6mo ago
    I agree with you on the first part. But, if one needs to read past headline to find the opposite of the headline is truth, headline deserves all the criticism in the world. Headline is what is presented to the world. Headline is the claim being made to people who dont find the topic interesting. And majority of the people dont find all the fine details of pardoned CEO situation interesting. So, yes, if the headline lies, the news deserve to be criticized.
  - schmidtleonard 6mo ago
    > I think people are mature enough to be able to read past a headline What trainwreck of misconceptions could possibly compel an otherwise reasonable person to believe something so ridiculous?
- seanhunter 6mo ago
  And pretty much rule number 1 is if someone says "you can trust me" you cant' trust them. Trustworthy people generally don't need to say things like that.
boca_honey 6mo ago
Why would you say that? The article was basically a hit piece on the guy. "We can trust you" was a quote from an associate, as you surely remember from when you read the whole article.
- schmidtleonard 6mo ago
  Messaging is attention-weighted. It always has been, but the exploitation of this fact has been on the rise and in 2026 everyone should know it and internalize the consequences: if you signal boost statement A and bury nuance B, you are promoting statement A, flat out, completely independent of what B brings to the table.
  - boca_honey 6mo ago
    "We can trust you now" has quotations marks in the title. That means a verbatim quote from a source. Sure, messaging should be clear, but we must expect basic reading comprehension and jornalistic literacy from people that participate in a place like a Computer Science forum, while reading The Wall Street Journal.

Says a lot about whether you can trust the WSJ.

by JoshGG 6mo ago

Says a lot about whether you can trust the WSJ.

schmidtleonard 6mo ago

"Convicted fraudster pardons convicted fraudster therefore you can trust convicted fraudster." Wild!

ttubrian 6mo ago

'We Can Trust You Now' is a quote in the story from the subject. The subject himself claims: “I walk into meetings now, and I’ll get high-fives from the most wealthy people in the world,” he said. “They’re like, ‘Welcome to the club. You can withstand the fire. We can trust you now.’” The WSJ interviewed him and is reporting information about his past. I think the article portrays him as extremely shady and untrustworthy. Not sure what you could be seeing here to demean the WSJ.

superxpro12 6mo ago
Shades of Goodfellas when Henry did his time and was welcomed back with open arms.
huhkerrf 6mo ago
There's a school of thought that reporting on a bad person without coming out and saying "this is a bad person" is akin to endorsing that person. Myself, I think people are mature enough to be able to read past a headline and come away from this with a clear eyed view of this fraudster.
- bloomingeek 6mo ago
  My rule has always been, forgive people, but never forget what they did. After they've made restitution, help them back to their feet, but don't let them ever get to the place where they can fail the same way. And whatever you do, don't let them get into a leadership position. They've already proved they can't help themselves when the pressure in on.
  - cheema33 6mo ago
    > forgive people, but never forget what they did. How many times are you willing to forgive? Trevor has seen prison only once. But frauds? Many.
    - bloomingeek 6mo ago
      Personally, I almost always forgive, however, I never allow that person to take advantage of me again. Trust has to be the gold standard. To err in human, thus forgive. To be taken advantage again by the same person is foolish.
- watwut 6mo ago
  I agree with you on the first part. But, if one needs to read past headline to find the opposite of the headline is truth, headline deserves all the criticism in the world. Headline is what is presented to the world. Headline is the claim being made to people who dont find the topic interesting. And majority of the people dont find all the fine details of pardoned CEO situation interesting. So, yes, if the headline lies, the news deserve to be criticized.
- schmidtleonard 6mo ago
  > I think people are mature enough to be able to read past a headline What trainwreck of misconceptions could possibly compel an otherwise reasonable person to believe something so ridiculous?
seanhunter 6mo ago
And pretty much rule number 1 is if someone says "you can trust me" you cant' trust them. Trustworthy people generally don't need to say things like that.

boca_honey 6mo ago

Why would you say that? The article was basically a hit piece on the guy. "We can trust you" was a quote from an associate, as you surely remember from when you read the whole article.

schmidtleonard 6mo ago
Messaging is attention-weighted. It always has been, but the exploitation of this fact has been on the rise and in 2026 everyone should know it and internalize the consequences: if you signal boost statement A and bury nuance B, you are promoting statement A, flat out, completely independent of what B brings to the table.
- boca_honey 6mo ago
  "We can trust you now" has quotations marks in the title. That means a verbatim quote from a source. Sure, messaging should be clear, but we must expect basic reading comprehension and jornalistic literacy from people that participate in a place like a Computer Science forum, while reading The Wall Street Journal.