That kind of moolah purchased a lot of goodwill from the Fourth Estate. Jeff Bezos’s Washington Post called Gates the “champion of science-backed solutions.”212 The New York Times gushes that he is “the most interesting man in the world.”213 Time Magazine dubbed him “Master of the Universe.”214 Forbes calls Gates “savior of the world” who “set the standard for a billionaire good citizen.”215 Looking on admiringly, editors of fashion magazine Vogue wondered, “Why Isn’t Bill Gates Running the Coronavirus Task Force?”216
