Why is the New York Times glorifying the career of lifelong charlatan Uri Geller?

https://friendlyatheist.substack.com/p/why-is-the-new-york-times-glorifying

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FlyingSquid@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 3y (2 replies)

Oh for fuck's sake... Randi wrote an entire book on what a fraud he is and exposed him on live TV on the Carson show. What more do they want?

cakeistheanswer@lemmy.fmhy.ml · 4 pts · 3y (1 reply)

Short memories and sorry attention spans.

The amount of effort Randi put into debunking and cleaning up Geller's mess made him a personal hero. He'd probably sigh and understand, but he should be rolling in his grave.

I didn't know Segal's byline from Adam's before today, but he made a list.

FlyingSquid@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 3y

You're right, but it's so infuriating.

lurkandtwerk@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 3y

This article was so strange. Basically, "Sure he's a fraud—but the important thing is that he really gets the people going."

AnotherPerson@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 3y

My understanding is that Geller had/has a lot of influential people in his corner.

theostermanweekend@lemmy.ml · 5 pts · 3y

Uhg. We ought to avoid wasting time with such obvious frauds.

TokenBoomer@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 3y

Probably a spy

Jerusalemspiderman@lemdro.id · 1 pts · 3y (1 reply)

Geller was less a fraud than a very dedicated character actor that only did one role.

FlyingSquid@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y

He made money off of people who believed he had abilities he did not have. That is fraud.