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It just feels shady, an "anonymous benefactor" who's actually funding a legal assault he'd otherwise have no involvement in simply because he has an axe to grin
by RankingMember 10y ago
It just feels shady, an "anonymous benefactor" who's actually funding a legal assault he'd otherwise have no involvement in simply because he has an axe to grind. I agree with your feelings re: Gawker Media though- they're basically on par with Buzzfeed in my mind.
- rospaya 10y agoBuzzfeed has a lot of excellent reporting and long form articles. I'm surprised that they're shamed on HN of all places, when they've found a great business model where they take money from clickbait to finance good journalism.
- RankingMember 10y agoThe "tak[ing] money from clickbait" is precisely the problem. Reputation matters.
- thesehands 10y agoI used to not think a great deal of Buzzed given the clickbait heavy articles/links but they have done some interesting investigative work, notably tennis matches they found using statistical analysis to have been thrown. Admittedly I think I saw the link for that on here..
- pmarreck 10y agoGot this link? Sounds interesting!
- thesehands 10y agohttps://www.buzzfeed.com/heidiblake/the-tennis-racket https://www.buzzfeed.com/heidiblake/the-tennis-racket
- mc32 10y agoBut this "anonymous" benefactor happens more often than we think. Lots of times its someone indigent who gets a pro-bono lawyer or gets backing from interested parties to establish precedent --or to prevent precedent. I think the only newsworthiness in this comes from the "billionaire" adjective.