When GoFundMe Goes Wrong




The Daily Dive show

Summary: It started off as a feel good story about a Good Samaritan that has turned into a bitter fight over money. Homeless man, Johnny Bobbitt Jr. helped out Kate McClure when she was stranded without gas on the interstate in Philadelphia.  As a way to repay the favor, she set up a GoFundMe page and raised over $400,000 for him.  Well now all the money is gone and Bobbitt is accusing McClure and her boyfriend of spending all the money.  Lauren Strapagiel, reporter for Buzzfeed, joins us to talk about what happened to all this donated money. Next, as a new book about the Trump administration is ready for release, the White House is ramping up the attacks on famed journalist Bob Woodward trying to discredit the book as nothing but lies.   The book paints a picture of chaos and division in the West Wing, but Bob Woodward’s credibility is tough to fight. Bryan Bender, National Security reporter for Politico, joins us for all the latest trash talking and what it all means. Finally, as the average age in developed economies will keep rising in the coming years, one of the next big economic disruptions may be in anti-aging medicines.  The new boom could be in drugs that slow, reverse, or prevent age-related diseases. Sam Baker, healthcare editor for Axios, joins us to discuss what this could mean for the future and a new drug hitting clinical trials.