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Re:BuzzFeed to go public, after shareholders approve SPAC deal by sofard on Monday December 06, 2021 @10:34AM (#29460960)
Buzzfeed really feels like an "ends justify the means" kind of business. Cheap, tabloid news funding "real" journalism. There's merit to the idea, but under the financial pressure of a public corp, my money is that what little actual journalism they do will slowly die off.
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Re:BuzzFeed to go public, after shareholders approve SPAC deal by RankingMember on Monday December 06, 2021 @10:59AM (#29461313)
> Cheap, tabloid news funding "real" journalism. There's merit to the idea

I respect your opinion but I couldn't disagree more strongly. To me, an outlet publishing trash irrevocably taints anything else they're putting out, however hard-hitting and "real" it may be.

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Re:BuzzFeed to go public, after shareholders approve SPAC deal by iso1631 on Monday December 06, 2021 @11:19AM (#29461610)
I suspect you would both agree that

"under the financial pressure of a public corp ... what little actual journalism they do will slowly die off"

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