Position Drift

Theranos — Position over time

Every dated record on this entity, arranged chronologically. Promises and the breaks that followed them; statements made and the conduct that contradicted them; votes that diverged from prior commitments. 3 events on record.

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2022

2015

2015-10-15 00:00:00+00 BROKE
Broke: Holmes: Theranos can run hundreds of tests on a finger-prick of blood
Wall Street Journal investigation reveals Theranos performed only a handful of its 240 tests using the proprietary device; the rest ran on standard commercial analysers.
Wall Street Journal, 15 October 2015 ↗ Full record →

2014

2014-09-08 00:00:00+00 PROMISED
Holmes: Theranos can run hundreds of tests on a finger-prick of blood
We've made it possible to run any combination of tests, including sets of follow-on tests, very quickly, all from a single micro-sample. … Tests run on samples as small as a few drops of blood, taken from a tiny finger-stick.
The New Yorker, 'Blood, Simpler', 15 December 2014 ↗ Full record →

What this view assembles

  • Promises & violations — every documented commitment + each documented break, with primary sources.
  • Contradiction pairs — fact-against-fact entries from the contradictions ledger; the "said" appears in its year, the "did" appears in its year.
  • Vote-based analyses — for elected officials, every documented case where a vote diverged from a stated commitment.
  • Entity events — major dated events recorded against the entity (acquisitions, indictments, appointments, etc.).

This view DOES NOT auto-detect new drift candidates. It surfaces records that are already on file. If you spot an undocumented inversion, the curator workflow (admin) is where to add it.