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Colossus, VC-funded glossy, draws fire as tech PR dressed as journalism

SF Standard profiles Colossus's rise and its critics

1 Oct 30 · 13d ago · 2 articles · 4 posts · 3 sources · development 1 of 1

Andrew Fedorov's feature documents investors like Ohanian, Ackman and Hoffman praising Colossus's coverage while journalists Kara Swisher and Nilay Patel call the approach PR rather than journalism, and media figure Hiten Samtani pushes back on that characterization.

SF Standard profiles Colossus's rise and its critics
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“It is PR. These people are so fragile and made of papier-mâché that they need Vaseline mirrors to reflect them back at themselves.”

Kara Swisher

Patrick O'Shaughnessy Founder of ColossusMark ZuckerbergMark Zuckerberg Meta CEO, Colossus cover subjectKara SwisherKara Swisher Veteran tech journalistNilay PatelNilay Patel Editor-in-chief, The VergeHiten Samtani Media company founder, Colossus defender

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