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It is mildly off-topic, but it is not intended to derail this conversation. Did anyone else notice that Buzzfeednews and Yahoo news gotten somewhat decent ( as
by A4ET8a8uTh0 6y ago
It is mildly off-topic, but it is not intended to derail this conversation. Did anyone else notice that Buzzfeednews and Yahoo news gotten somewhat decent ( as in, Yahoo actually had an in-depth analysis that wasn't all talking points ).
- wuunderbar 6y agoBuzzfeed (News) has been doing some decent investigate reporting for a while: https://www.niemanlab.org/2018/07/the-investigations-and-reporting-of-buzzfeed-news-not-buzzfeed-are-now-at-their-own-buzzfeednews-com/ https://www.niemanlab.org/2018/07/the-investigations-and-rep...
- pb7 6y agoFrom my basic understanding is that Buzzfeed != Buzzfeed News. News is apparently a well run organization and it’s a shame that it uses the same brand for this very reason.
- vorpalhex 6y agoYes but Buzzfeed News has also been caught asking Buzzfeed to report a story so Buzzfeed news can do the "According to Buzzfeed...." kind of game.
- CathedralBorrow 6y agoI hadn't heard of this, can you link a news story or something about it?
- MajorBee 6y agoI'm sure they must have had a conversation on the trade-off of having a "known name" attached to their investigative journalism wing and that very "known name" causing them to be negatively associated with vacuous listicles. Maybe once Buzzfeed News becomes a brand strong enough to stand on its own it'll be spun off as a separate organization altogether.
- ardy42 6y agoIIRC, one of the reasons Buzzfeed News exists was to counter the negative associations with the Buzzfeed brand and its vacuous listicles.
- CathedralBorrow 6y agoBuzzfeed News has always been decent in the sense that it is a serious journalism outfit.
- xenocyon 6y agoWhen was Buzzfeednews not decent? (Perhaps you are thinking of Buzzfeed?)