By Brett Chandrasekhar On December 30, Buzzfeed published an article outlining 50 of the biggest “fake news” hits in 2016. Below the title, a caption reads “Expect even more Trump hoaxes in 2017.” This couldn’t be more ironic, considering the website’s release of the #GoldenShowers memo just two weeks later. For those that don’t know…
By Kody Fairfield President-elect Donald Trump, during a live press conference took aim at “fake news” after the fall out from a unverified dossier story that was published by Buzzfeed, and reported on by CNN. Trump called Buzzfeed, “failing piece of garbage,” just prior to starting a shouting match with CNN‘s white house correspondent Jim Acosta. At first Acosta was attempting to…
By Katie Frates Tom Brokaw and Mika Brezinksi slammed CNN and Buzzfeed for publishing an opposition memo alleging Russia has been helping President-elect Donald Trump for years, saying it’s “not even reportable” on “Morning Joe” Wednesday. CNN first published a heavily hedged report Tuesday, in which they did not reveal the entire memo. Buzzfeed quickly followed up by…
By Kody Fairfield A dossier has dropped a bombshell (though unverified at this time) allegation that the Russian government has been “cultivating, supporting and assisting” President-elect Donald Trump for years. It also makes mention about a potentially embarrassing and potentially compromising situation for the President-elect, which has been rumored to have been circulating among elected officials, intelligence agents,…
by Blake Neff A senior writer for Buzzfeed News claims she and millions of others women suffered “real PTSD” attacks simply by watching Republican nominee Donald Trump debate against Democratic nominee Hillary Cilnton. Anne Helen Petersen writes about culture for Buzzfeed, and when she watched Monday night’s debate she was deeply upset over what she saw…