Elizabeth Holmes' PR campaign continues

I’ve seen TikTok videos of her recently and was wondering about why as she’s not famous or talented.<p>I think it’s bad that she defrauded so many people but still has massive enough cash that she’s paying a PR firm while she’s in prison. So the lesson here is to suck, lie, and be a mean person and you still walk away with cash.<p>If she ends up launching a Gwyneth Paltrow-type style brand after release, I’m going to weep a little bit.

&gt;“I’m not the same person I was back then,” Holmes tells People, vaguely saying that “there are things I would have done differently.” She still insists Theranos was a failure, not a fraud.<p>So ... same person? &quot;would have done differently&quot; seems like a very empty statement, what could it possibly mean? Just not get caught?<p>The amazing thing about all this is her company apparently had nothing of value, not even an idea anyone that some company chose to buy after the fact.

&quot;Why Elizabeth Holmes Was On Trial and Mark Zuckerberg Wasn’t&quot; (2021) - <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;archive.is&#x2F;jbrjw" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;archive.is&#x2F;jbrjw</a>

Actual article: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;people.com&#x2F;elizabeth-holmes-breaks-her-silence-in-first-interview-from-prison-it-s-been-hell-and-torture-exclusive-8789737" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;people.com&#x2F;elizabeth-holmes-breaks-her-silence-in-fi...</a> (<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=43030801">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=43030801</a>)

The <i>People</i> subtitle reminds us she has a fraud conviction and the first paragraph objectively calls her “disgraced” while reporting that Holmes maintains her innocence.<p>What would <i>The Verge</i> prefer? To be any more explicit would require openly calling Holmes out of her mind. I’m quite capable of reading that between the lines.

Trying to pull a Michael Milken. Her husband has money, so she probably will succeed in the long run.

&gt; the emphasis is on Holmes as a mother, and how hard it is for her to be away from her children.<p>Many mothers are in prison for far less, don&#x27;t believe she should get a free pass.

She was a fraud and deserved to be convicted. But, I also think she was over sentenced because she pulled one over on and embarrassed a bunch of rich guys.

Play with people&#x27;s money and see the fangs come out.

Straight to the garbage.

Is she any worse than POTUS? I think she may receive a presidential pardon!

&quot;Theranos failed. But failure is not fraud&quot;<p>&quot;...she&#x27;s continuing to write patents for new inventions and plans to resume her career in healthcare technology after her release.&quot;<p>The most charitable interpretation of her behavior is that she is still too uneducated to understand that what her company was built on could never work. There was a reason none of the traditional biotech VC&#x27;s would listen to her.<p>And it wasn&#x27;t like the fraud she perpetuated was harmless.<p>Then, while under indictment, she has two kids? The only ones who I feel sorry for are her children.<p>The sooner we stop hearing about this sociopath the better.

Daily reminder that according to some studies roughly 4% of CEOs are sociopaths.

I&#x27;m always dubious when it comes to hagiographies of individuals in media.<p>It feels good for someone else to point it out, since in this case it really rings hollow for basically everyone.<p><i>Why</i> should we humanise and care about someone who was a terrible boss, a terrible fraudster and a bare-face liar.<p>What endeavours were not financed because of her? Who&#x27;s career was torpedoed and who was stolen away from noble causes because of her lies? Taking some accountability is rare, she should, and we don&#x27;t have to applaud her for it. It should be expected.

She is doing her part in improving healthcare for everyone. Which is to do nothing and stay in jail.