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Re:BuzzFeed to go public, after shareholders approve SPAC deal by pessimizer on Monday December 06, 2021 @12:39PM (#29462895)
Every news outlet excepting Buzzfeed disagreed with your philosophy of newsworthiness, and it led to years of political catastrophe and public opinion of journalism reaching its nadir.
Re:BuzzFeed to go public, after shareholders approve SPAC deal by ameliaquining on Monday December 06, 2021 @05:57PM (#29466836)
I'll acknowledge that this is a minority opinion, but it's not totally without support. E.g., Nate Silver agrees: https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/should-rumors-like-the-...

I'm also skeptical of the claim that the Steele dossier had any major long-term consequences at all, but I suppose that's a difficult question to resolve.

Re:BuzzFeed to go public, after shareholders approve SPAC deal by paul7986 on Monday December 06, 2021 @12:59PM (#29463224)
Probably is too blinded by bias to think clearly and objectively.

Yet my comment is being downvoted so unintelligent bias is still ruling over otherwise intelligent people.