Long ReadDeath of Jake Millar stirs backlash against the mediaColin PeacockWellington, December 12, 2021The recent death of 26-year-old entrepreneur Jake Millar prompted an angry backlash against the media over coverage of his failed venture Unfiltered. About Jake Millar and UnfilteredJake Millar’s backstory was also compelling for investors and the media alike. The market that you are moving into is pretty crowded,” NBR journalist Dita Di Boni told Jake Millar in an interview in 2019. The fact that Jake Millar went to Kenya and then went incommunicado heightened the media’s interest in what had gone wrong. Dialling it downTwo days after lashing the media for their reporting of Jake Millar last week, Jamie Beaton reconsidered.

Source: Stuff December 12, 2021 04:43 UTC