Iran crash: Ukrainian passenger plane crashes with 170 on board

Re:Iran crash: Ukrainian passenger plane crashes with 170 on... by iso947 on Wednesday January 08, 2020 @02:39AM (#21989196)

Unverified video

There’s a lot of disinformation going on online. We saw this in the recent UK election, there are many players wanting to spread lies.

I just hope our reputable journalists are up to the job.

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/amphtml/janelytvynenko/false-an...

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Re:Iran crash: Ukrainian passenger plane crashes with 170 on... by akerro on Wednesday January 08, 2020 @03:05AM (#21989360)

> Unverified video

Well, checkout other videos of the twitter user for more.

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Re:Iran crash: Ukrainian passenger plane crashes with 170 on... by jcaprani on Wednesday January 08, 2020 @02:57AM (#21989316)

You mean the reputable journalists at BuzzFeed?

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Re:Iran crash: Ukrainian passenger plane crashes with 170 on... by tozeur on Wednesday January 08, 2020 @03:05AM (#21989361)

Apparently they’ve evolved quite a bit: https://www.pulitzer.org/finalists/chris-hamby-buzzfeed-news

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Re:Iran crash: Ukrainian passenger plane crashes with 170 on... by viraptor on Wednesday January 08, 2020 @03:18AM (#21989432)

BuzzFeed is quite different from BuzzFeedNews which produces higher quality content. Very unfortunate naming and we go through that exchange on hn every time they get linked.

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Re:Iran crash: Ukrainian passenger plane crashes with 170 on... by AmericanChopper on Wednesday January 08, 2020 @04:05AM (#21989717)

As we should. Reputation is the best tool we have for tracking credibility throughout society. As a pioneer of clickbait garbage, Buzzfeed has a deservedly poor reputation, and a little bit of brand diversification doesn’t change that. If the Sackler family started opening rehab clinics, it wouldn’t change my opinion on what a bunch of scumbags they are.

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Re:Iran crash: Ukrainian passenger plane crashes with 170 on... by Gigablah on Wednesday January 08, 2020 @03:06AM (#21989369)

No, the reputable journalists at BuzzFeed News, which has produced two Pulitzer Prize finalists so far.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BuzzFeed_News

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Re:Iran crash: Ukrainian passenger plane crashes with 170 on... by otalp on Wednesday January 08, 2020 @03:17AM (#21989427)

Any writer of news someone doesn't like can be an "activist" rather than a journalist, it's a pointless distinction

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Re:Iran crash: Ukrainian passenger plane crashes with 170 on... by sitkack on Wednesday January 08, 2020 @03:20AM (#21989442)

Please don't.

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Re:Iran crash: Ukrainian passenger plane crashes with 170 on... by thereare5lights on Wednesday January 08, 2020 @03:22AM (#21989465)

Those two things aren't mutually exclusive.

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Re:Iran crash: Ukrainian passenger plane crashes with 170 on... by shakna on Wednesday January 08, 2020 @03:13AM (#21989401)

BuzzFeed News is not BuzzFeed. They've won several well-deserved journalistic awards.

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