I hope you enjoy the interview!

Prior to the interview I mention my “Wyden received Bankman-Fried family money for over a decade” piece from yesterday. When I took the Oregon Roundup in its quasi-journalistic turn at the beginning of the year, it was this kind of piece I had in mind.

Wyden’s ties to the Bankman-Fried family is newsworthy in Oregon and nationally - he chairs the powerful Senate Finance Committee, which shares oversight of Internet stuff like crypto.

Yet it’s a story that hasn’t been told before now because, quite frankly, Wyden is a Democrat. They’ll never admit it, but the Oregon press simply is not terribly interested in news that casts favored Democrats in a less-than-flattering light. And Wyden, who just won his fifth (!) full six-year term in the U.S. Senate, tops the list of favored Democrats.

Fact is, Oregonians for a long time have been served an unbalanced news diet. Yes, Republicans do stuff that makes them look bad and sometimes is bad. But so do Democrats. Even Ron Wyden.

Jeff

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