Discussion

• @yoda Drew Olanoff on x

  this prediction market gambling is bringing out the absolute worst in the absolute worst

• @ernie.tedium.co Ernie Smith on bluesky

  I need you all to read this and understand just what is on the line when people are compelled to bet on a news story.  —  www.timesofisrael.com/gamblers- try...

• @andy.wrestlejoy.com Andy on bluesky

  I didn't even imagine reporters would be hounded due to Polymarket gamblers upset at a report.  —  Crazy reading

• @adrienneleigh Adrienne on bluesky

  Holy shit @diplomatofnight.com have you seen this?  Seems at least partially in your wheelhouse.

• @lizt1 Elizabeth Thompson on bluesky

  This is a wild story.  A journalist in Israel is being threatened by Polymarkt gamblers who want him to change a story he filed about an Iranian missile.  Kudos to him for standing by his reporting. www.timesofisrael.com/gamblers- try... #JournalismMatters

• @joemenn Joseph Menn on bluesky

  This story is important and terrifying on its own, as gamblers' pressure on journalists to lie joins the forces arrayed against the beleaguered reality business.  But it should also be taken as a warning to the major media outlets that have made deals reporting on and promoting t…

• @seancasten Sean Casten on bluesky

  How do you possibly run a gambling website that gives people opportunity to profit off wars and then threaten journalists to edit their stories to let them win their bets and live with yourself the next morning? www.timesofisrael.com/gamblers- try...

• @joshtpm Josh Marshall on bluesky

  Crazy crazy story.  Times of Israel reporter ( English language Israeli news site ) gets escalating death threats to change story that's at center of big polymarket bet. www.timesofisrael.com/gamblers- try...

• @nkalamb Nathan Kalman-Lamb on bluesky

  “You are choosing to go to war knowing that you will lose your life as you've grown accustomed to it — for nothing.”  —  An Israeli journalist received death threats for reporting on Iran missile strikes in Israel *because of Polymarket bets.  We are so fucked.  —  www.timesofisr…

• @thmoore Tom Moore on bluesky

  This is a hell of a story.  —  Maybe putting thousands of people under pressure from gamblers isn't the best idea?

• @ariehkovler.com Arieh Kovler on bluesky

  Read this shocking account of how Polymarket gamblers tried to pressure, bribe and threaten an Israeli journalist to change a detail in his story so they could win a bet.  And then realise that this must be happening to reporters all the time.

• @therafischwartz Rafi on bluesky

  This is fucking *insane* and, i'd bet (heh) we're gonna see these sorts of peckerhead shenanigans a whole lot more in the not-too-distant future.

• @maxboot Max Boot on bluesky

  This is insane.  A reporter in Israel received death threats because he wouldn't change his (accurate) news story about an Iranian missile attack to allow gamblers to win a bet on Polymarket.  These online gambling markets are a menace. www.timesofisrael.com/gamblers- try...

• @andrewkarre Andrew Karre on bluesky

  I'm not sure there's a country on earth equipped to handle the corruption “prediction markets” like Kalshi and Polymarket are already causing—much less the corruption they will cause as they grow more prevalent.  (And don't forget Polymarket's major stakeholders include Peter Thi…

• @chrismurphyct Chris Murphy on bluesky

  We need to end prediction markets for government action.  NOW.  —  This bone chilling story about a reporter's life threatened bc he simply reported on Iran missile strikes:  —  “After you make us lose $900,000 we will invest no less than that to finish you.”

• @davidgerard.co.uk @davidgerard.co.uk on bluesky

  crypto bros keep crypto broing:  —  Gamblers trying to win a bet on Polymarket are vowing to kill me if I don't rewrite an Iran missile story  —  www.timesofisrael.com/gamblers- try...

• @robertscotthorton Scott Horton on bluesky

  You really will not understand Polymarket until you read this.  It's definitely a criminal racket.

• @newsjennifer @newsjennifer on bluesky

  “...the emails I received were intended to confirm whether or not a missile had hit Israel on March 10 in order to resolve a prediction on Polymarket.”  —  As Trump accuses journalists of treason for truthful stories about the Iran war, gamblers are doing this:  —  www.timesofisr…

• @yair-rosenberg Yair Rosenberg on bluesky

  It started with gamblers harassing athletes for messing up their bets.  It was never going to end there.  Grateful to the author for telling this story publicly.  I suspect we'll see more of this.

• @natematias J. Nathan Matias on bluesky

  As a scholar of online harassment, I would like to note that betting markets have long been associated with intimidation & threats, and that this has been a problem in sports for a long time.  Expanding gambling to more things expands intimidation too.  —  www.timesofisrael.com/g…

• @kimzetter Kim Zetter on bluesky

  Gamblers on Polymarket threatened Israeli journalist if he didn't change a report about a missile that bypassed interceptors and struck an open area outside Jerusalem.  Also, an Israeli reservist and civilian were indicted for using classified info to make bets before Israel bomb…

• @markjacob Mark Jacob on bluesky

  Read this story about how a reporter was pressured to change his news story to satisfy Polymarket bets about the war with Iran.  It shows that:  —  A) Prediction markets are a pox.  —  B) Terrible people hope to personally profit from war and don't give a crap who gets hurt.

• @SeanCasten@mastodon.social Sean Casten on mastodon

  How do you possibly run a gambling website that gives people opportunity to profit off wars and then threaten journalists to edit their stories to let them win their bets and live with yourself the next morning? https://www.timesofisrael.com/ ...

• r/DeepStateCentrism r on reddit

  Gamblers trying to win a bet on Polymarket are vowing to kill me if I don't rewrite an Iran missile story

• r/longform r on reddit

  Gamblers trying to win a bet on Polymarket are vowing to kill me if I don't rewrite an Iran missile story

• r/LessCredibleDefence r on reddit

  Gamblers trying to win a bet on Polymarket are vowing to kill me if I don't rewrite an Iran missile story

• r/slatestarcodex r on reddit

  Gamblers trying to win a bet on Polymarket are vowing to kill me if I don't rewrite an Iran missile story

• r/neoliberal r on reddit

  Gamblers trying to win a bet on Polymarket are vowing to kill me if I don't rewrite an Iran missile story

• r/BetterOffline r on reddit

  Gamblers trying to win a bet on Polymarket are vowing to kill me if I don't rewrite an Iran missile story

• r/anime_titties r on reddit

  Gamblers trying to win a bet on Polymarket are vowing to kill me if I don't rewrite an Iran missile story

• r/Israel r on reddit

  Gamblers trying to win a bet on Polymarket are vowing to kill me if I don't rewrite an Iran missile story

• r/Futurology r on reddit

  “this unnerving new arena [Polymarket], where reality, journalism, gambling and criminality intertwine.”