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Re:An American Father and Son Exporting Tear Gas to Hong Kong by oro92 on Saturday September 07, 2019 @04:24PM (#20906273)
Journalists investigating current events? Huh.

Next you’ll be telling me scientists only investigate results of experiments!

Police only investigate results of crimes!

What’s next? Washing laundry after it’s dirty?

Where will it end!!

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Re:An American Father and Son Exporting Tear Gas to Hong Kong by mortenjorck on Saturday September 07, 2019 @04:53PM (#20906450)
> You call buzzfeed journalists?

This comes up every time with a Buzzfeed News investigative piece. Honestly, I don’t know why they kept the name when they launched their actual journalism org; it’s kind of like starting a legitimate, old-school blood testing laboratory under the Theranos name.

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Re:An American Father and Son Exporting Tear Gas to Hong Kong by comicjk on Saturday September 07, 2019 @05:48PM (#20906767)
I said this to a blue-check journalist (Max Rosenthal) on Twitter, and he mocked me for it. But I still think it's true. The name BuzzFeed is just not helpful.
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Re:An American Father and Son Exporting Tear Gas to Hong Kong by tgsovlerkhgsel on Saturday September 07, 2019 @07:58PM (#20907536)
Ironically, at this point, I associate Buzzfeed more with their reputable, high quality journalism than their clickbait.
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Re:An American Father and Son Exporting Tear Gas to Hong Kong by sergiomattei on Saturday September 07, 2019 @04:44PM (#20906407)
Before you dismiss their reporting...

BuzzFeed News is a new branch of the company, with its own autonomy from the whole thing.

They have Pulitzer-winning staff in there, and their investigative reporting is actually quite good.

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Re:An American Father and Son Exporting Tear Gas to Hong Kong by GordonS on Saturday September 07, 2019 @06:36PM (#20907105)
I agree, but WTF did they keep the name "BuzFeed", which has such a poor standing?
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Re:An American Father and Son Exporting Tear Gas to Hong Kong by ch_123 on Saturday September 07, 2019 @04:32PM (#20906335)
By that logic, all current affairs investigations must be politically motivated.
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Re:An American Father and Son Exporting Tear Gas to Hong Kong by freyr on Saturday September 07, 2019 @04:56PM (#20906465)
Buzzfeed and Buzzfeed News are not one in the same, and Buzzfeed News does do real journalism. See, for example, this series of articles on Vladimir Putin's ties to a killing campaign on British and American soil:

https://www.pulitzer.org/finalists/staff-buzzfeed-news

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