The mainstream media's extremely weak/apologetic coverage of SBF has been a sight to behold.

Unlike most "mainstream media" complaints which come from the right and are denied by the left, this SBF coverage issue is something where liberals and conservatives can come together and agree for once. It's been dreadful. The NY Times article was especially bad, being very careful not to use the words "fraud", "cheat", "thief", "steal", or "scam", but instead portraying it as an aggressive investor who just got a bit too carried away.

The Washington Post did something similar, praising SBF for the money he donated for "pandemic prevention", not bothering to consider whether or not his generosity was a cover for his scamming.

And Forbes... they had the most bizarre take on the whole thing, casting lifelong Democrat Caroline Ellison (whose parents are both academics) as a "darling of the alt-right", simply because a few trolls on Reddit enjoyed some of her weird takes on her tumblr.

None of these outlets seem the slightest bit curious about SBF's massive donations to the Democratic Party, and his pledge (prior to the blowup) to donate "up to a billion" for the 2023-2024 cycle if he remained happy. You think that might have had an impact on how crypto exchanges were (and weren't) regulated? But the mainstream media doesn't find any of this noteworthy, instead focusing upon the important topic of Caroline impressing some Reddit neckbeards with her writing.