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Buzzfeed is?

• ceejayoz 8y ago
  They were finalists for the 2017 and 2018 Pulitzer prizes, so the answer's a pretty clear "yes".
  • porpoisely 8y ago
    Wasn't Pulitzer the creator of yellow journalism? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_journalism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_journalism Frankly, the pulizter, oscar or any of these prizes are meaningless to me since it is apparent that they are part advertisements and part agenda pushing and any objective measure of achievement. But everyone is entitled to their own opinion.
    • ceejayoz 8y ago
      If the most prestigious award in journalism doesn't count for anything, you could always read up on how they formed their investigative arm (which includes links to some pretty solid journalism): https://www.poynter.org/tech-tools/2016/how-buzzfeed-built-an-investigative-team-from-the-ground-up/ https://www.poynter.org/tech-tools/2016/how-buzzfeed-built-a... Or you can just go "nuh uh". ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
      • nailer 8y ago
        They gave money to a disgruntled Guardian employee, so widely disliked employees voted against her promotion to editor, who then took her team with her?