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Balaji Srinivasan

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The a16z Show
Balaji Srinivasan: Prove Correct, Not Just Go Direct

Fine.

The a16z Show
Balaji Srinivasan: Prove Correct, Not Just Go Direct

Okay.

The a16z Show
Balaji Srinivasan: Prove Correct, Not Just Go Direct

And you go back, and the reason that they got to power is, again, because of guys like Edgar Snow who did press coverage for them and basically, you know, like formed the reputation of the Chinese Communist Party before it achieved power.

The a16z Show
Balaji Srinivasan: Prove Correct, Not Just Go Direct

Then go back one.

The a16z Show
Balaji Srinivasan: Prove Correct, Not Just Go Direct

Herbert Matthews, right?

The a16z Show
Balaji Srinivasan: Prove Correct, Not Just Go Direct

This is another New York Times journalist, another communist dictator, another journalist, another communist, but I repeat myself.

The a16z Show
Balaji Srinivasan: Prove Correct, Not Just Go Direct

So...

The a16z Show
Balaji Srinivasan: Prove Correct, Not Just Go Direct

the man who invented Fidel, right?

The a16z Show
Balaji Srinivasan: Prove Correct, Not Just Go Direct

Castro, Cuba, Herbert L. Matthews in New York Times, right?

The a16z Show
Balaji Srinivasan: Prove Correct, Not Just Go Direct

And basically this shows that, you know, Fidel Castro was on the run.

The a16z Show
Balaji Srinivasan: Prove Correct, Not Just Go Direct

He was in hiding.

The a16z Show
Balaji Srinivasan: Prove Correct, Not Just Go Direct

And then what happened was Herbert Matthews basically wrote this whole thing, which is like, Castro is alive and he's still recruiting.

The a16z Show
Balaji Srinivasan: Prove Correct, Not Just Go Direct

It'd be like saying like, Osama bin Laden is still alive and he's here.

The a16z Show
Balaji Srinivasan: Prove Correct, Not Just Go Direct

And if you want to join Al-Qaeda, go to this location.

The a16z Show
Balaji Srinivasan: Prove Correct, Not Just Go Direct

I didn't say that.

The a16z Show
Balaji Srinivasan: Prove Correct, Not Just Go Direct

You know, it's literally like that kind of thing, right?

The a16z Show
Balaji Srinivasan: Prove Correct, Not Just Go Direct

And so there's actually a good book by this, on all of this, by Ashley Rinsberg on The Great Lady Winked, called The Great Lady Winked, which just goes through all of these episodes, right?

The a16z Show
Balaji Srinivasan: Prove Correct, Not Just Go Direct

And shows the New York Times is never great, right?

The a16z Show
Balaji Srinivasan: Prove Correct, Not Just Go Direct

The Salzberger family, by the way, you know, just to show you a little bit more, just to show you what we're dealing with, right?

The a16z Show
Balaji Srinivasan: Prove Correct, Not Just Go Direct

Remember, you know, BLM and how, like, everybody was a racist other than the New York Times, right?