Comments on: Overstock.com CEO Patrick Byrne’s attacks on financial journalists are false

By: Blogger laments upcoming loss of Patrick Byrne : William K. Wolfrum Chronicles

Blogger laments upcoming loss of Patrick Byrne : William K. Wolfrum Chronicles — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 12:32:43 +0000

[...] Lords, the Russian Mob, Diamond heists, naked short selling, stalking, bizarre and libelous attacks on business journalists, karate, pretending he’s actually a journalist, etc. You can’t invent someone like [...]

By: William K. Wolfrum Chronicles » Blog Archive » Come to think of it, Fox Business Network isn’t much of a business network

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 10:27:52 +0000

[...] The heroes at FBN’s Happy Hour decided to prove their utter worthlessness by interviewing Overstock.com CEO Patrick Byrne about the SEC: [...]

By: William K. Wolfrum Chronicles » Blog Archive » Naked Short Spellers are destroying the quality, profitability of my blog

Fri, 02 Oct 2009 14:52:03 +0000

[...] And anyone who doesn’t believe me is a dick. [...]

By: William K. Wolfrum Chronicles » Blog Archive » Overstock.com subpoena’d by the SEC - Salt Lake City newspapers miss the story

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 19:17:09 +0000

[...] In the time since the subpoena was served, Overstock.com CEO Patrick Byrne – who has a long and well-documented history of accusing “naked short-sellers” for any of his company’s woes, as well as for libelous attacks on financial journalists – has come out and accused the SEC of being in the pocket of these unnamed “short-sellers.” [...]

By: William K. Wolfrum Chronicles » Blog Archive » Hoax journalist troll Judd Bagley attacks obscure blogger over Martin Eisenstadt post

Tue, 01 Sep 2009 14:58:39 +0000

[...] I would imagine they’ll stick with the latter, after all, Byrne was an original backer of the Swift Boat Veterans for the truth. Who knows, though. Maybe Martin Eisenstadt himself should be advising Byrne and Bagley. [...]

By: JoeM

JoeM — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 19:15:58 +0000

You are Communist scum and this blog is evil Communist agitprop.

By: In agreement: Overstock.com sucks and Patrick Byrne is wacky | Sequence Inc. Fraud Files Blog

Sun, 17 May 2009 16:41:35 +0000

[...] And William K. Wolfrum writes in Overstock.com CEO Patrick Byrne’s attacks on financial journalists are false: Byrne’s relentless hype about naked short-selling has combined the “Swift Boat” mentality with the mentality of conspiracy theorists, with most of it being played out over the Internet. Those that have been detractors against Byrne’s short-selling campaign have been attacked via the Internet, with said attacks normally going after the integrity of the reporters in question. But in the story of Patrick Byrne and Overstock.com, there is really but one truth – over the past decade, Overstock.com has performed miserably. [...]

By: William K. Wolfrum Chronicles » Blog Archive » Sam E. Antar: From Crazy Eddie to Patrick Byrne’s worst nightmare

Wed, 22 Apr 2009 20:33:03 +0000

[...] Overstock.com CEO Patrick Byrne’s attacks on financial journalists are false [...]

By: William K. Wolfrum Chronicles » Blog Archive » No one expects a blogaround - Patrick Byrne edition

Wed, 25 Mar 2009 17:01:16 +0000

[...] As far as being a prodigious writer on the Internet, I’ll put my track record up against anyone. Except maybe Overstock.com CEO Patrick Byrne. Because I’ve written quite a bit these last two weeks, but Byrne has trumped me. And done so while being the CEO of a large Internet retailer. Here’s just a taste: [...]

By: TheTradingReport » Blog Archive » Exposing the Overstock.com Swiftboat Campaign

Mon, 23 Mar 2009 13:43:25 +0000

[...] William K. Wolfrum, who exposed the Martin Eisenstadt hoax–a widely quoted personage on Sarah Pailin who did not exist–produced a detailed post today on a subject known well to readers of this blog, which is the ongoing smear campaign of Overstock.com’s ethically-challenged CEO Patrick Byrne. [...]

By: William K. Wolfrum Chronicles » Blog Archive » No one expects a blogaround - Bonus Edition VI

Tue, 17 Mar 2009 17:28:24 +0000

[...] In The Pines: Ok, what the hell is Overstock.com CEO Patrick Byrne doing commenting at this blog? [...]

By: Dulcinea Jones

Dulcinea Jones — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 15:33:29 +0000

Different strokes for different folks. To me, day trading has about as much appeal as betting on the trotters at Yonkers Raceway.

By: Steve

Steve — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 09:05:35 +0000

Sorry, but if I listened to the advise of financial journalist, I would be broke. Instead, I am up over 40% as of 14 Mar. 09. That is what happens when you become aware of naked shorting and the crap shoot that the market has become. Like a rat, all that is safe to do, is to nibble and quickly move on. In other words, day trade and don’t invest long term.
I’ll use but one example of what I mean. Late last year, Porche, cornered the stock of VW and took control. When the dust settled and they looked at the books, they discovered a problem. It seemed that over 12 million additional shares had been added to the authorized 192 million shares. So, Porche learned that over 6% of the shares were naked shorted. This means that a number of primary U. S. brokers had to have knowingly traded millions of illegal shares in VW.
Moral to the story: how could I even consider entrusting any long term investments to those who run the system? Unfortunately, they are exposed as crooks. Make all the accusations that you want of Patrick Byrnes but heed his warnings on naked shorting or you will find yourself damaged by what he fights against. If you proceed with the above mindset, then welcome to the fools game. How is your 401K?

By: Dulcinea Jones

Dulcinea Jones — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 01:55:52 +0000

Diane’s blog is being overrun by Byrne’s hirelings, which you can tell by being just-created screen names that insist that she “read Deep Capture.”

She’s reacting by being reasonable, which is being interpreted as a sign of weakness and is just inflaming the situation further. I don’t mean to be critical, but engaging with these wackos is not the solution, even though I did it myself on her blog.

This happens whenever a blogger takes on Byrne or Bagley, so I hope that she realizes this tactic for what it is. Herb Greenberg had to ban a bunch of people from his blog for the same reason. It’s as if they follow an instruction manual for cults.

By: blah

blah — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 22:22:56 +0000

Excellent pots, both of you.

Diane, there are several reasons you have fans running around defending a well-born millionaire’s wacky crusade. The first is that Americans love a conspiracy, and Byrne has got a whopper. The second is that people, even educated ones, are complete dolts when it comes to finance. The third is a general disdain for the media and particularly the financial press. But insofar as your Huffington Post item is concerned, I noticed that Byrne’s most outspoken defenders were two new user IDs, both of which created for the occasion. In other words, Judd Bagley.