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Unverified video There’s a lot of disinformation going on online. We saw this in the recent UK election, there are many players wanting to spread lies. I just

by iso947 7y ago

Unverified video There’s a lot of disinformation going on online. We saw this in the recent UK election, there are many players wanting to spread lies. I just hope our reputable journalists are up to the job. https://www.buzzfeednews.com/amphtml/janelytvynenko/false-and-unverified-information-iraq-attack https://www.buzzfeednews.com/amphtml/janelytvynenko/false-an...

jcaprani 7y ago
You mean the reputable journalists at BuzzFeed?
- tozeur 7y ago
  Apparently they’ve evolved quite a bit: https://www.pulitzer.org/finalists/chris-hamby-buzzfeed-news https://www.pulitzer.org/finalists/chris-hamby-buzzfeed-news
- Gigablah 7y ago
  No, the reputable journalists at BuzzFeed News, which has produced two Pulitzer Prize finalists so far. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BuzzFeed_News https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BuzzFeed_News
  - jcaprani 7y ago
    I think you mean activists rather than journalists.
    - otalp 7y ago
      Any writer of news someone doesn't like can be an "activist" rather than a journalist, it's a pointless distinction
    - sitkack 7y ago
      Please don't.
    - thereare5lights 7y ago
      Those two things aren't mutually exclusive.
- shakna 7y ago
  BuzzFeed News is not BuzzFeed. They've won several well-deserved journalistic awards.
- viraptor 7y ago
  BuzzFeed is quite different from BuzzFeedNews which produces higher quality content. Very unfortunate naming and we go through that exchange on hn every time they get linked.
  - AmericanChopper 7y ago
    As we should. Reputation is the best tool we have for tracking credibility throughout society. As a pioneer of clickbait garbage, Buzzfeed has a deservedly poor reputation, and a little bit of brand diversification doesn’t change that. If the Sackler family started opening rehab clinics, it wouldn’t change my opinion on what a bunch of scumbags they are.
akerro 7y ago
> Unverified video Well, checkout other videos of the twitter user for more.

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jcaprani 7y ago

You mean the reputable journalists at BuzzFeed?

tozeur 7y ago
Apparently they’ve evolved quite a bit: https://www.pulitzer.org/finalists/chris-hamby-buzzfeed-news https://www.pulitzer.org/finalists/chris-hamby-buzzfeed-news
Gigablah 7y ago
No, the reputable journalists at BuzzFeed News, which has produced two Pulitzer Prize finalists so far. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BuzzFeed_News https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BuzzFeed_News
- jcaprani 7y ago
  I think you mean activists rather than journalists.
  - otalp 7y ago
    Any writer of news someone doesn't like can be an "activist" rather than a journalist, it's a pointless distinction
  - sitkack 7y ago
    Please don't.
  - thereare5lights 7y ago
    Those two things aren't mutually exclusive.
shakna 7y ago
BuzzFeed News is not BuzzFeed. They've won several well-deserved journalistic awards.
viraptor 7y ago
BuzzFeed is quite different from BuzzFeedNews which produces higher quality content. Very unfortunate naming and we go through that exchange on hn every time they get linked.
- AmericanChopper 7y ago
  As we should. Reputation is the best tool we have for tracking credibility throughout society. As a pioneer of clickbait garbage, Buzzfeed has a deservedly poor reputation, and a little bit of brand diversification doesn’t change that. If the Sackler family started opening rehab clinics, it wouldn’t change my opinion on what a bunch of scumbags they are.

akerro 7y ago

> Unverified video Well, checkout other videos of the twitter user for more.