Who, What is Zero Hedge
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UPDATED: Tuesday, September 1, 2026 03:17
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Originally posted by kpo:
Yeah, good thread THGRRI. A thread discussing sources, in particular blogs, is something I was considering myself. Siggy's defense of Zerohedge as a source sounds like she's put a lot of thought into it, but is still thoroughly unconvincing.
She is desperate to keep it as a source. It's as easy as cut and paste all the lies and disinformation she wants. The stories are already aggregated to favor Russias' perspective. Its pro Russian spin gives sig her talking points as Putin wants them aired.
I remember G going at it with her as well about sourcing. He dealt with the same thing I did. Sig is a troll so facts don't matter. It's way to oblivious now with her posts over the last couple of years. She gets caught dead to rights constantly and still she trolls on.
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Originally posted by SIGNYM:
I'll continue to post from ZH, and ... for those who are too stupid or lazy or propagandized to follow links, I'll post links to the original articles, too.
Then you get whine all you want how the WSJ or the BBC or Reuters or al Jazeera of The Hill or HuffPo or WaPo aren't "real" news sources, and continue to look like the fools that you area.
SIG pulls most of her information that she posts here from this blog and stupidly defends it as a reputable source. As she continues to do so I will regenerate this thread to remind all it is a corrupted blog designed to create havoc rather than informing.
Below are the names of those behind zero hedge. Don't miss what I've highlighted in red below. This folks is why comrade troll SIG loves to quote zero hedge.
In addition, Lokey said he faced constant pressure to frame stories in-line with a particular world-view, which he described as “Russia=good. Obama=idiot. Bashar al-Assad=benevolent leader. John Kerry=dunce. Vladmir Putin=greatest leader in the history of statecraft.”
All of this matches SIG's playbook here and Putin's globally; exactly.
The men behind zero hedge
Colin Lokey, a 32-year-old former Seeking Alpha director
Daniel Ivandjiiski, a 37-year-old Bulgarian-born former hedge fund employee who was barred for insider trading in 2008
Tim Backshall, a 45-year-old credit derivatives strategist
Despite its populist tone, Lokey told Bloomberg he recently left Zero Hedge because he didn’t see eye-to-eye with the others when it came to editorial vision.
“Zero Hedge ceased to serve that public service years ago,” Lokey said. “They care what generates page views. Clicks. Money.”
In addition, Lokey said he faced constant pressure to frame stories in-line with a particular world-view, which he described as “Russia=good. Obama=idiot. Bashar al-Assad=benevolent leader. John Kerry=dunce. Vladmir Putin=greatest leader in the history of statecraft.”
Lokey claims Zero Hedge’s focus on traffic and revenue is hypocritical, but Ivandjiiski sees things differently.
Finally, Zero Hedge addressed the accusations of systematic bias in its content.
“We are certainly ok with being the object of other’s conspiracy theories, in this case completely false ones since we have never been in contact with anyone in Russia, or the US, or any government for that matter,” Zero Hedge says.
The site claims it has never accepted a dime of funding outside of advertising revenue and that Lokey was never pressured about how to frame his articles or editorialized.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/zero-hedge-unmasked-theres-more-1427301
65.html
According to the Bloomberg article, three men have been churning out all of the content at Zero Hedge, using the joint pseudonym “Tyler Durden” from the Brad Pitt film “Fight Club.” The 1999 cult film, according to Rolling Stone, is “about being young, male and powerless against the pacifying drug of consumerism. It’s about solitude, despair and bottled-up rage.” That ethos is frequently on display at Zero Hedge.
The three “Tyler Durdens” outed by Bloomberg reporters are Colin Lokey, who has now left Zero Hedge in a fit of pique and is responsible for handing over the internal chat sessions from Zero Hedge on traffic-building strategies and other matters. Bloomberg says “the other two men are Daniel Ivandjiiski, 37, the Bulgarian-born former analyst long reputed to be behind the site, and Tim Backshall, 45, a well-known credit derivatives strategist.”
The article notes that “Ivandjiiski has a multimillion-dollar mansion in Mahwah, N.J., and Backshall lives in a plush San Francisco suburb,” suggesting these are “not exactly reflections” of the anti-capitalism reflected in the moniker “Tyler Durden.”
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Quote:BTW Sig, thanks for posting all those linkys to real news. Nice contrast to all the Fake News links from almost everybody else.
Originally posted by SIGNYM:Quote:No, The PRIMARY source of information is where ZH gets ITS information. If you look at the ZH links you will see that they link to the WSJ, the Straits Times, Al Jazeera, al Masdar, Reuters, the BBC, CNN, RT, Haaretz (Israel), Xinhua (China), the Guardian .... many, many more newspapers than I could scan in 24 hours. That's the beauty of news aggregators! I don't HAVE to scan all the worlds' media all of the time! ZH does it for me! But, I don't have to believe everything I read, either, and I can compare their selection to a few standard websites or broadcasts, which (btw) I do.
THUGR, do you really think that I care about "who" ZH is? As I have posted many times in the past, you have to be careful of ZH: they tend to have an apocalyptic bent to their articles ... it's either the end of the dollar, or the end of the free market as we know it, or the end of SOMETHING! - SIGNY
You think incorrectly, as many do, that you are arguing with me here on this site. These posts are all over Google. All anyone has to do is search firefly in any form and there you are SIGNYM. Always arguing with myself and others. Always looking stupid. Those who stumble upon these posts, perhaps even sharing them with others, are our judges.
Here you just admitted that a source of yours, a primary source of the information you post here, is as you described above. - THUGR
Since you're too lazy, too stupid, or too propagandized to that kind of analysis yourself, you just give your judgment over to somebody else, and let them do your thinking for you.
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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake
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Again I post one of the creators of zero hedge admitting zero hedge posts, well I'll just let him explain.
"Lokey said he faced constant pressure to frame stories in-line with a particular world-view, which he described as “Russia=good. Obama=idiot. Bashar al-Assad=benevolent leader. John Kerry=dunce. Vladmir Putin=greatest leader in the history of statecraft.” Lokey zero hedge creator
It's very telling JSF believes this site is a good source. Lets face it. JSF is so far right none of his/her beliefs comes close to being based in reality. Including the post quoted here to sig about zero hedge.
"BTW Sig, thanks for posting all those linkys to real news. Nice contrast to all the Fake News links from almost everybody else." JSF
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I am referencing this thread, http://fireflyfans.net/mthread.aspx?tid=62024, because SIG more times than not, sources her information that she posts here from zerohedge. She stupidly defends this as a reputable source. Something she does with other unreliable sources. As she continues to do so, I will reference this thread to remind all she posts from this and other corrupted sources. Sources designed to create havoc rather than inform.
Below are the names of those behind zero hedge. Don't miss what I've highlighted in red below. This folks is why comrade troll SIG loves to quote zero hedge.
In addition, Lokey said he faced constant pressure to frame stories in-line with a particular world-view, which he described as “Russia=good. Obama=idiot. Bashar al-Assad=benevolent leader. John Kerry=dunce. Vladmir Putin=greatest leader in the history of statecraft.”
All of this matches SIG's playbook here and Putin's globally; exactly. http://fireflyfans.net/mthread.aspx?tid=62024
The men behind zero hedge
Colin Lokey, a 32-year-old former Seeking Alpha director
Daniel Ivandjiiski, a 37-year-old Bulgarian-born former hedge fund employee who was barred for insider trading in 2008
Tim Backshall, a 45-year-old credit derivatives strategist
Despite its populist tone, Lokey told Bloomberg he recently left Zero Hedge because he didn’t see eye-to-eye with the others when it came to editorial vision.
“Zero Hedge ceased to serve that public service years ago,” Lokey said. “They care what generates page views. Clicks. Money.”
In addition, Lokey said he faced constant pressure to frame stories in-line with a particular world-view, which he described as “Russia=good. Obama=idiot. Bashar al-Assad=benevolent leader. John Kerry=dunce. Vladmir Putin=greatest leader in the history of statecraft.”
Lokey claims Zero Hedge’s focus on traffic and revenue is hypocritical, but Ivandjiiski sees things differently.
Finally, Zero Hedge addressed the accusations of systematic bias in its content.
“We are certainly ok with being the object of other’s conspiracy theories, in this case completely false ones since we have never been in contact with anyone in Russia, or the US, or any government for that matter,” Zero Hedge says.
The site claims it has never accepted a dime of funding outside of advertising revenue and that Lokey was never pressured about how to frame his articles or editorialized.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/zero-hedge-unmasked-theres-more-1427301
65.html
According to the Bloomberg article, three men have been churning out all of the content at Zero Hedge, using the joint pseudonym “Tyler Durden” from the Brad Pitt film “Fight Club.” The 1999 cult film, according to Rolling Stone, is “about being young, male and powerless against the pacifying drug of consumerism. It’s about solitude, despair and bottled-up rage.” That ethos is frequently on display at Zero Hedge.
The three “Tyler Durdens” outed by Bloomberg reporters are Colin Lokey, who has now left Zero Hedge in a fit of pique and is responsible for handing over the internal chat sessions from Zero Hedge on traffic-building strategies and other matters. Bloomberg says “the other two men are Daniel Ivandjiiski, 37, the Bulgarian-born former analyst long reputed to be behind the site, and Tim Backshall, 45, a well-known credit derivatives strategist.”
The article notes that “Ivandjiiski has a multimillion-dollar mansion in Mahwah, N.J., and Backshall lives in a plush San Francisco suburb,” suggesting these are “not exactly reflections” of the anti-capitalism reflected in the moniker “Tyler Durden.”
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WHO, WHAT IS THUGR (AKA "JJ")?
Aside from being a troll, that is?
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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake
America is an oligarchy
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Trump’s White House is Using Putin’s Lying Kremlin Tactics
The latest effort is Devin Nunes’s attempt to draft a report on “corruption” within Mueller’s team. This follows a string of similar attempts to sling mud at Mueller, including calls for his recusal or resignation; accusations that the investigation illegally collected transition emails ; and claims from Fox News commentators suggesting the Special Counsel is plotting a “ coup in America ” or an assassination attempt.
http://www.newsweek.com/trumps-white-house-using-putins-lying-kremlin-
tactics-771690
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I once responded to Sig in another thread, and as I read the article she
presented from ZH, I found that the article was verbatim one that I had read elsewhere. With one small difference, it had been butchered beyond recognition.
It took me but a minute to see it was a total sham; cherry-picking at it's worst.
It was astonishing. Of course, I chuckled to myself and then it became clear.
SGG
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Originally posted by THGRRI:Quote:
Originally posted by SIGNYM:Quote:No, The PRIMARY source of information is where ZH gets ITS information. If you look at the ZH links you will see that they link to the WSJ, the Straits Times, Al Jazeera, al Masdar, Reuters, the BBC, CNN, RT, Haaretz (Israel), Xinhua (China), the Guardian .... many, many more newspapers than I could scan in 24 hours. That's the beauty of news aggregators! I don't HAVE to scan all the worlds' media all of the time! ZH does it for me! But, I don't have to believe everything I read, either, and I can compare their selection to a few standard websites or broadcasts, which (btw) I do.
THUGR, do you really think that I care about "who" ZH is? As I have posted many times in the past, you have to be careful of ZH: they tend to have an apocalyptic bent to their articles ... it's either the end of the dollar, or the end of the free market as we know it, or the end of SOMETHING! - SIGNY
You think incorrectly, as many do, that you are arguing with me here on this site. These posts are all over Google. All anyone has to do is search firefly in any form and there you are SIGNYM. Always arguing with myself and others. Always looking stupid. Those who stumble upon these posts, perhaps even sharing them with others, are our judges.
Here you just admitted that a source of yours, a primary source of the information you post here, is as you described above. - THUGR
Since you're too lazy, too stupid, or too propagandized to that kind of analysis yourself, you just give your judgment over to somebody else, and let them do your thinking for you.
You gotta love this shit. Are you really this thick SIG? Let's take it from the top shall we.
Zero Hedge is an English-language financial blog that aggregates news and presents editorial opinions from original and outside sources. The news portion of the site is written by a group of editors who collectively write under the pseudonym Tyler Durden (a character from the novel and film Fight Club)
Aggregate: a material or structure formed from a loosely compacted mass of fragments or particles.
Blog: a regularly updated website or web page, typically one run by an individual or small group that is written in an informal or conversational style. In this case SIG the blog is structured to favor Russia in order to spread Russian propaganda and havoc. As I've shown earlier in this thread, this was collaborated by one of it's creators. It can in no way to be considered factual, or be relied upon to convey accurate information, yet it is your number one source here in this threads.
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