Another blockbuster story turns out to be completely false. This time it’s a story in New York magazine about a high school kid—a “genius” named Mohammed Islam—who said he made $72 million on the stock market. He didn’t.
Another blockbuster story turns out to be completely false
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Was this a way to prove that Islamic people are good with numbers like when they created the number zero?
Lame...
What's great? The writer of this article criticized WaPo for their dismemberment of the UVa story. She said it should have been investigated fully before publishing instead of piecemeal. Also, her defense of her story was she wasn't writing for a financial pub, but she's going to work for Bloomberg.... A financial pub...
But the kid did make some cash, when he duped the dumbasses at the New York magazine. I see a promising future in politics, as a Democrat of course.
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Dutch reject UN call to feed, shelter homeless migrants
Have these guys with their skills along connect with Hillary Clinton's ability to make a boatload on commodities and the national debt will be a memory.
Reporters are either desperate to get a story and support the liberal agenda, or they are just F*cking stupid and lazy...I think I'll go with stupid and lazy.
I think it's both.
I read the story and it didn't add up for me. He's a minor and actively trading on the stock market? He could probably get away with trading small scale on E-trade, but the volume and asset values he was claiming? Nope. Rented an apartment in Manhattan as a minor and isn't using it? Nope. And the BMW? Where the heck was he going to park the damned thing?
What did this silly twit of journalist do to verify the story? "Oh he was wearing a tie, so he had to be rich." Dumbass.
Apparently the kid phonied up a bank statement that showed $72 million. It never dawned on the reporter that maybe she should head down to the bank to verify. I swear, where are they hiring these people? And why didn't she ask the parents about the story? "Hey, I'm about to announce to the whole world that your son is a rich genius with $72 million in the bank. Do you have a problem with that?"
Liberal print media has had a bad few weeks.
I think you mean 'decades'.
The story should have included that he made his money trading pork rind futures.
Slumdog $1.98aire.
If you ask me, the kid's name alone should have been enough to make the journalist skeptical.
That name alone is great. Makes the whole story.