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BuzzFeed, Inc. is an American Internet media and news company based in New York City. The firm is a news and entertainment company with a focus on digital media. BuzzFeed was founded in 2006 as a viral lab focusing on tracking viral content, by Jonah Peretti and John S. Johnson III. Kenneth Lerer, co-founder and chairman of The Huffington Post, started as a co-founder and investor in BuzzFeed and is now the executive chairman as well. {Wikipedia}

FAKE NEWS INVOLVING BuzzFeed

Top 10 Media “Collusion” Flops – NY Post

Found by on April 20th, 2019 - Be the first to comment!

“The errant reporters and pundits — the ones who peddled the most outrageous falsehoods — want nothing more than to move on. But not so fast: There has to be some accountability for the biggest foul-ups.”

Disinformation Central: BuzzFeed CEO A Fake News Pioneer

Found by on January 21st, 2019 - Be the first to comment!

“People are again asking how BuzzFeed could possibly publish such “fake” news against Trump. They need look no further than BuzzFeed’s CEO and founder Jonah Peretti.”

ZeroHedge uncovers the heart of BuzzFeed’s penchant for “misinformation”.

“BuzzBleed”: A New Peak For Fake News

Found by on January 18th, 2019 - Be the first to comment!

“I ask the press to take heed that their hysterical desire to destroy this President has gone too far” -Rudy Giuliani

In an extraordinary rebuke, SC Mueller’s office directly refutes the BuzzFeed “bombshell” report. The reporters (referenced in previous SR news feed below) are Pulitzer recipients and finalists. And…the drumroll double down maneuver: “We stand by our story 100%” -Ben Smith, Editor, BuzzFeed.

Pass the popcorn.

“Categorically False”: Fire Erupts On BuzzFeed Reporting

Found by on January 18th, 2019 - Be the first to comment!

“The other journalist from the Thursday night BuzzFeed report, Anthony Cormier, admitted to CNN’s “New Day” that he hasn’t actually seen the evidence in the case.”

We can’t understand how rumor and inuendo has replaced actual journalism. A history of ‘drug use” and a track record of false reporting? Because someone (at least two?) they “trust” said it it’s true, it’s now reportable? The BuzzFeed code of ethics? Ah, right. Silly us.

Least Trusted Journalists

#1Ken Dilanian
#2Ben Smith
#3Kaitlin Collins
#4Chris Cuomo
#5Jon Talton
#6Ben Kesslen
#7Jason Leopold
#8Annie Linskey
#9Ronan Farrow
#10Anthony Cormier
#11Adam Edelman
#12Mike Ward
#13Gardiner Harris
#14Carl Bernstein
#15Dean Baquet
#16David Corn
#17Bob Woodward
#18John Dickerson
#19Aaron Blake
#20Charles Blow
#21Jim Sciutto
#22Jake Tapper
#23Brian Ross
#24Mike Seidel
#25Alisyn Camerota
#26Gabriel Pogrund
#27Chuck Todd
#28Greg Gordon
#29Joe Scarborough

Least Trusted Outlets

#1CNN
#2NBC News
#3New York Daily News
#4Fox News
#5BuzzFeed
#6NPR
#7The Daily Telegraph
#8Daily Star
#9McClatchy
#10Horus
#11The New York Times
#12Boston Globe
#13The Washington Post
#14The New Yorker
#15Bloomberg
#16BuzzFeed
#17Politico
#18CBS
#19Facebook
#20Mother Jones
#21CNBC
#22The Guardian
#23Houston Cronicle
#24The Seattle Times
#25The Huffington Post
#26AP
#27ABC
#28Newsweek
#29Big League Politics
#30The Weather Channel