This is actually also a great article to send to non-crypto people, as it dispassionately lays out everything that was so frustrating to watch.

Right up until just before his conviction you would still hear people saying things along the lines of "he's not that bad" or "give the kid a second chance", basically the talking points of the big publications.

I would like to think that somebody reading Balaji's piece this might finally understand why certain people have such little trust in "legacy media", and how deep the grift really goes.