The Man Who Wasn't There

[Howard]

In the grand tradition of Fred and Donald Trump and their spokespeople Mr.
Green, Carolin Gallego, John Barron, John Miller and David Dennison, the
"Uber for Helicopters" startup Blade, valued at $800 million, employed
imaginary spokesman Simon McLaren.

https://www.businessinsider.com/blade-helicopter-had-fake-spokesperson-
2021-6

https://tinyurl.com/8euruby5

"His personal website, created in January, was registered through a proxy,
and he uses a 1966 photo of the British racing driver Graham Hill across
his accounts in place of a profile picture."

"He has been quoted by The New York Times, the New York Post, Curbed, The
Washington Post, Fox Business, CNN, and [Business] Insider."

[Les Albert]

On Fri, 18 Jun 2021 12:45:33 +0000 (UTC), Howard <how...@yaooho.com>
wrote:

The story on the above web address is available only to subscribers.
Here is the story on Bloomberg news:
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-06-17/blade-ceo-admits-creating-fake-communications-director-insider
or https://tinyurl.com/kspasy8c

Les