Palihapitiya says a billion-dollar short position would have gotten his attention, unlike the erroneously reported amount.
“If you saw a yard short, I mean, yeah, like, that would have probably gotten my attention had I read it. A billion dollars is, you know, reasonable position to have.”
Palihapitiya argues the article's purpose is to intimidate experienced people from serving in government.
“What this article does is it tries to intimidate those kinds of people to say, wow. This is not worth it.”
Palihapitiya dismisses New York Times article on Sacks as having no substance, only inflammatory headline.
“There is nothing here. Okay? There was no crime here. There's no smoke here. There's no fire here. What you did get right, though, is the headline, was the goal.”
Palihapitiya says the future of media is unscripted user-generated content, with YouTube already dominating.
“But at the very specific thing about this deal, the reality is that the future is unscripted, uncontrolled, user generated content. You see it on YouTube.”
Palihapitiya says realizing media lied about Trump made him feel betrayed by institutions responsible for truth to power.
“So for me it was an evolution where I was like I can't believe I'm being lied to by this group of people whose sole responsibility is to hold truth to power.”
Palihapitiya says his biggest SPAC mistake was talking about them on CNBC and Twitter.
“The thing that I would have changed is I would have had nary a comment on Twitter. I would have not come on CNBC and talked about them at all.”
Palihapitiya questions if Wisconsin polls were wrong or media tried pushing toward socialism and failed
“Were the polls actually completely off or did a bunch of mainstream media decide to lie and try to push Wisconsin towards socialism? Seems like it failed regardless. https://t.co/ub9hmPXdNi”
Palihapitiya questions if Wisconsin polls were wrong or media tried pushing toward socialism and failed
“Were the polls actually completely off or did a bunch of mainstream media decide to lie and try to push Wisconsin towards socialism? Seems like it failed regardless. https://t.co/ub9hmPXdNi”
Palihapitiya notes polling firm admitted their poll was fake after repeated inquiries
“Old news: The media lies. New news: Polls now lie too. https://t.co/5lHyDJtHLU”
Palihapitiya notes polling firm admitted their poll was fake after repeated inquiries
“Old news: The media lies. New news: Polls now lie too. https://t.co/5lHyDJtHLU”