4 ms·

Every week there is a hit-piece on SpaceX, or Tesla, or Musk. Very rarely is the article grounded in reality. It is usually easy to prove the article false with

Every week there is a hit-piece on SpaceX, or Tesla, or Musk. Very rarely is the article grounded in reality. It is usually easy to prove the article false within 5 minutes. I'm not even going to bother to read anything from Buzzfeed. There is almost no chance that any real reporting was done for this article.

notfromhere 9y ago
They were nominated for a Pulitzer not long ago, so maybe check your ego.
- King-Aaron 9y ago
  I do see where the sentiment against BuzzFeed comes from... As said by another commenter, it's difficult to go from no integrity to having integrity. I would be interested though to know which piece they were nominated for, as I don't follow that side of things very often. I wasn't aware that they did anything differently to their original formula, so I can understand why others aren't either.
  - emodendroket 9y ago
    It's been the better part of a decade since they began this shift, but I think it was really during the election that they became prominent because they broke a handful of big stories. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BuzzFeed https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BuzzFeed > Originally known for online quizzes, "listicles", and pop culture articles, the company has grown into a global media and technology company providing coverage on a variety of topics including politics, DIY, animals and business.[7][8] In late 2011, Ben Smith of Politico was hired as editor-in-chief to expand the site into serious journalism, long-form journalism, and reportage. [...] > BuzzFeed News received a 2016 National Magazine Award in the category of Public Interest.[35] Other awards won by BuzzFeed journalists include a 2014 National Press Foundation award,[78] 2015 Sidney Award,[79] and 2017 British Journalism Award.[80] In 2017, BuzzFeed also won Webby Awards for Best News App and Best Interview/Talk Show (for Another Round),[81] president Greg Coleman was named Publishing Executive of the Year by Digiday,[82] and journalist Chris Hamby was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in International Reporting.[83] BuzzFeed is a member of the White House press corps.[84] At a certain point you're just sticking your head in the sand.
    - King-Aaron 9y ago
      Cheers for that! > At a certain point you're just sticking your head in the sand. To be honest, I don't think this is the case. Personally, I'm not actively going out of my way to avoid Buzzfeed articles - I genuinely just haven't looked at any in about that period of time. There possibly are other people like that. As an aside, I don't personally have anything against the organization, it's just that their content hasn't really appealed to me in the past (especially so since I'm not in the US), so I haven't consumed it.
      - emodendroket 9y ago
        Yeah, don't get me wrong. It's not like I check BuzzFeed every day or anything. I am just a little annoyed that someone posted this article, which is interesting and involved some real shoe leather, and almost every single comment is just "lol BuzzFeed."
emodendroket 9y ago
So you have proof that the claims that Tesla ran a factory with higher-than-average rates of injury and fired workers who tried to unionize are false? Does interviewing fifteen workers and going through public records not count as reporting now?

notfromhere 9y ago

They were nominated for a Pulitzer not long ago, so maybe check your ego.

King-Aaron 9y ago
I do see where the sentiment against BuzzFeed comes from... As said by another commenter, it's difficult to go from no integrity to having integrity. I would be interested though to know which piece they were nominated for, as I don't follow that side of things very often. I wasn't aware that they did anything differently to their original formula, so I can understand why others aren't either.
- emodendroket 9y ago
  It's been the better part of a decade since they began this shift, but I think it was really during the election that they became prominent because they broke a handful of big stories. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BuzzFeed https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BuzzFeed > Originally known for online quizzes, "listicles", and pop culture articles, the company has grown into a global media and technology company providing coverage on a variety of topics including politics, DIY, animals and business.[7][8] In late 2011, Ben Smith of Politico was hired as editor-in-chief to expand the site into serious journalism, long-form journalism, and reportage. [...] > BuzzFeed News received a 2016 National Magazine Award in the category of Public Interest.[35] Other awards won by BuzzFeed journalists include a 2014 National Press Foundation award,[78] 2015 Sidney Award,[79] and 2017 British Journalism Award.[80] In 2017, BuzzFeed also won Webby Awards for Best News App and Best Interview/Talk Show (for Another Round),[81] president Greg Coleman was named Publishing Executive of the Year by Digiday,[82] and journalist Chris Hamby was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in International Reporting.[83] BuzzFeed is a member of the White House press corps.[84] At a certain point you're just sticking your head in the sand.
  - King-Aaron 9y ago
    Cheers for that! > At a certain point you're just sticking your head in the sand. To be honest, I don't think this is the case. Personally, I'm not actively going out of my way to avoid Buzzfeed articles - I genuinely just haven't looked at any in about that period of time. There possibly are other people like that. As an aside, I don't personally have anything against the organization, it's just that their content hasn't really appealed to me in the past (especially so since I'm not in the US), so I haven't consumed it.
    - emodendroket 9y ago
      Yeah, don't get me wrong. It's not like I check BuzzFeed every day or anything. I am just a little annoyed that someone posted this article, which is interesting and involved some real shoe leather, and almost every single comment is just "lol BuzzFeed."

emodendroket 9y ago

So you have proof that the claims that Tesla ran a factory with higher-than-average rates of injury and fired workers who tried to unionize are false? Does interviewing fifteen workers and going through public records not count as reporting now?