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Rebuttal Against the Wall Street Journal's Piece on Theranos
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29:49 - 35:53 (06:04)

The speaker shares his disappointment in the Wall Street Journal for publishing a piece on Theranos, despite being sent over a thousand pages of documentation that demonstrated its inaccuracies. They debunked the sources used and their lack of credibility, but still failed to provide a compelling rebuttal to the truth that was shared about Theranos' problems.

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John Kerry Rue, a Pulitzer Prize winning investigative journalist with the Wall Street Journal, received a tip from a former Theranos lab director in 2015 that led to a deep investigation into the company.
29:49 - 30:44 (00:55)
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Elizabeth Holmes
Summary

John Kerry Rue, a Pulitzer Prize winning investigative journalist with the Wall Street Journal, received a tip from a former Theranos lab director in 2015 that led to a deep investigation into the company. It was revealed that very little of the promised revolutionary technology actually worked and that they were using other companies' technology to do their blood tests, which led the company to go into lockdown.

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Rebuttal Against the Wall Street Journal's Piece on Theranos
Episode
Part Two: Elizabeth Holmes: The CEO Who Treated Your Blood Like a Phone
Podcast
Behind the Bastards
The podcast host interviews Jim Cramer, the host of CNBC's Mad Money, who was a previous acquaintance.
30:44 - 31:52 (01:07)
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Interview
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The podcast host interviews Jim Cramer, the host of CNBC's Mad Money, who was a previous acquaintance. They discuss the young CEO's security detail and her upcoming appearance at the Harvard Medical School Board of Fellows.

Chapter
Rebuttal Against the Wall Street Journal's Piece on Theranos
Episode
Part Two: Elizabeth Holmes: The CEO Who Treated Your Blood Like a Phone
Podcast
Behind the Bastards
The Wall Street Journal published a piece with false statements and misleading claims against a company, despite having been sent over a thousand pages of documentation proving the contrary.
31:52 - 34:16 (02:24)
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False Statements
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The Wall Street Journal published a piece with false statements and misleading claims against a company, despite having been sent over a thousand pages of documentation proving the contrary. Most of the sources cited in the article refused to talk to the company accused, demanded a cash payment, or are now doing business with the company.

Chapter
Rebuttal Against the Wall Street Journal's Piece on Theranos
Episode
Part Two: Elizabeth Holmes: The CEO Who Treated Your Blood Like a Phone
Podcast
Behind the Bastards
The podcast host discusses the disheveled appearance of Kramer on the set of the Theranos documentary and the reaction of the employees after Holmes addressed the journal's report, including an offensive chant directed at the reporter.
34:16 - 35:20 (01:04)
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Theranos
Summary

The podcast host discusses the disheveled appearance of Kramer on the set of the Theranos documentary and the reaction of the employees after Holmes addressed the journal's report, including an offensive chant directed at the reporter.

Chapter
Rebuttal Against the Wall Street Journal's Piece on Theranos
Episode
Part Two: Elizabeth Holmes: The CEO Who Treated Your Blood Like a Phone
Podcast
Behind the Bastards
The transcript includes an advertisement for various products and services.
35:20 - 35:53 (00:32)
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