I mean, not really.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;twitter.com&#x2F;williamalden&#x2F;status&#x2F;658705178523258880" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;twitter.com&#x2F;williamalden&#x2F;status&#x2F;658705178523258880</a><p>Plenty of investors were straight up reaching for the conspiracy theory handbook. They <i>did</i> outright accuse the media of a smear campaign and suggested it was some greater corrupt conspiracy.<p>Silicon Valley has a very hard time accepting the possibility (nay, certainty) that there are some bad actors in our midst (even well-meaning bad actors). A very large portion of the scene  seem to respond to accusation of malfeasance with hostility.<p>A certain amount of skepticism against claims of malfeasance, sure, but in Theranos&#x27; case there were a lot of comments not unlike Dave Morin&#x27;s.