It is not cynical at all. The white house has a duty to fill the press room with diverse range of press that reaches as much of america as possible. "Serious" i

It is not cynical at all. The white house has a duty to fill the press room with diverse range of press that reaches as much of america as possible. "Serious" isn't really the criteria. And anyway, buzz feed's news articles are as serious other publishers. The presence of other silly stories isn't any worse than the Boston Globe having a comics page.