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Originally Posted by markksman
This I don’t get. Buzzfeed may or may not have legitimate reporters working for them but their reputation since inception has been a webbdepository of ad promoted listicles and silly puffery.
Buzzfeed is not steeped in old school media traditions and methods. Just not sure where the where is. I suspect parts of the story are completely accurate which is about the best one could expect from Buzzfeed.
They can not even get past their own stupid name to ramp up credibility.
Pretty much every party involved, including buzzfeed, have their own reasons to lie or massage the truth.
I suspect when all is said and done the core criminal misdeeds by Trump will have happened and been demonstrated to do so. Maybe Jalopnik will break the next story.
Ben Smith is head of BuzzFeed politics. He's at least as credible, and actually more credible, than most editors at major publications. Plenty of youtube interviews if you are curious. The journalists they hire are as good or better than their peers.
The last time they got serious flak was for publishing the Steel Dossier--which they published not for its factual content, which they did not vouch for, but merely because it was floating around Washington and, as such, was relevant.
I'm glad they are more aggressive than, say, the NYT, and they generally have better news judgment. As far as the comment from the special counsel's office--Trump and Cohen apparently had many conversations prior to his testimony. If Trump did not directly instruct Cohen to lie, it's very likely only because he gave him "instructions" in the mob boss, "don't you remember it like this?" style.