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Post by brentie on Mar 3, 2016 9:53:26 GMT -5
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Post by factspls88 on Mar 3, 2016 14:45:38 GMT -5
The New York Times obituary is marred by sloppy journalism (wrong pic of inhaler) and by a quote from David Kliff who actively bashed Afrezza on Twitter and was a friend of Feuerstein. Kliff said nothing but kind things about Al in the article, he gave effusive praise. For all we know, he may have supplied the highest praise from among those the writer contacted and the writer went with that. I think it is irrelevant who Kliff is, or who is friends are ... but if you consider him to be an 'enemy' of Al's in some sense, his praise is all the more impressive. As for the photo. Though I posted it above and was amused by it, I consider it no big deal. The article never said or suggested that the photo was of the latest and greatest version of the inhaler. Obituaries usually feature dated but historically significant photos. Al may well have been prouder of his first working model than the later, smaller refinement of it. When Steve Jobs died many obituaries featured photos of his early devices, not the latest and greatest. E.g.: www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702304447804576410753210811910(FWIW, I saw no complaints about the incredibly dated 2007 file photo of Al.) I've seen enough of Kliff's tweets to know that he is no friend to Afrezza or Mannkind. In Feuerstein's twitter feed, he refers to Kliff as his friend. And there was enough in that LA Times article without attribution that leads me to suspect that it all came from Kliff. In fact, your defense of Kliff makes me suspect your identity. Call me crazy, but your comments make me wonder.
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