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Probably to be expected if your feeder organisation for hiring at the FT is Buzzfeed. Reputable media companies need to wake up -- they are killing their own cr
by forgingahead 6y ago
Probably to be expected if your feeder organisation for hiring at the FT is Buzzfeed. Reputable media companies need to wake up -- they are killing their own credibility every single day the more they allow themselves to be dragged down to the base instincts of clicks-above-all.
- danso 6y agoSorry, but what’s to be expected? Do you genuinely not know the difference between Buzzfeed’s news and its pop culture divisions? Or are you assuming they’re inextricably conflated?
- fiblye 6y agoI see this claim a lot whenever people criticize Buzzfeed's news division. That department is still being fed by the cash their clickbait empire brings in. Furthermore, the number of quality articles Buzzfeed puts out is honestly quite slim compared to more established new companies. One decent article here and there doesn't salvage their reputation. Everyone familiar with Buzzfeed has a clear mental image when that name is mentioned, and "quality journalism" or even "journalism" aren't the first things that come to mind.
- Doctor_Fegg 6y agoAnd the (UK) Times/Sunday Times are propped up by the cash the Sun brings in. That doesn’t mean that Times journalism should be seen as an extension of the Sun.
- triceratops 6y ago> if your feeder organisation for hiring at the FT is Buzzfeed Everyone starts their career somewhere. Don't hate. I thought we believed in meritocracies, and people proving themselves with their work rather than their pedigree.