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Your impression of BuzzFeed is about five years in the past. Their news team have been doing some exceptional investigative journalism, and in the UK at least t
by ascorbic 8y ago
Your impression of BuzzFeed is about five years in the past. Their news team have been doing some exceptional investigative journalism, and in the UK at least their politics reporting is some of the best out there. They were shortlisted for a Pulitzer last year for their (pre-Skripal) investigation into Russian assassinations in the UK.
- randomsearch 8y agoBuzzfeed front page right now: “It’s time for the ultimate Asian food showdown” (3rd headline) “Here’s one reason some vegan meals could still be harmful to the environment” “This trailer for the movie on serial killer ted bundy has raised a lot of eyebrows” “This guy had the best response after someone said his tinder profile was ‘lame’”
- surge 8y agoBuzzfeed and Buzzfeed News are two different sites and operate separately, they just share the name, the OP was conflating the two. As you pointed out Buzzfeed is still largely garbage.
- randomsearch 8y agoI was ignorant of that, my bad. However, took a look at BuzzFeed News and its front page wasn't much better.
- surge 8y agoBuzzfeed is still very much like that. Buzzfeed News is a separate org, and to be honest, the sharing of the brand probably does more harm to the new org than good even though its done some respectable reporting in the past.
- ascorbic 8y agoThey may be separate, but the job cuts have hit them too.