The profile of disgraced Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes caused widespread backlash online.
out. She admitted that she got “rolled” by her subject while describing her as “modest but mesmerizing” and “gentle and charismatic, in a quiet way” between anecdotes about roaming the San Diego Zoo with Holmes’ family and drinking “antioxidant smoothies,” the “Bonnie and Clyde”-esque details of her romance with California hotel heir Billy Evans and, of course, the events leading up to Holmes' conviction.
Ellen Pollock, the Times’ business editor , defended the write-up and reportedly said she didn’t “give a f—k” about the backlash when asked about the controversy. Pollock all but confirmed the sentiment in an email to Vanity Fair writer Charlotte Klein, saying that her mother would be “appalled to hear that I cursed in public.”, the reporter who exposed Theranos’ failures for the Wall Street Journal, just months before the softball profile was reported.
Carreyrou, as well as star Times correspondent Erin Griffith, both read the piece, according to Vanity Fair. Both reportedly disliked it.
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