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BuzzFeed Ben Explains Why They Posted DJT-Russia Dossier: CNN Did It First

2017-01-24

[Daily Caller] BuzzFeed editor in chief Ben Smith finally explained why the outlet published an opposition memo on President Donald Trump: CNN did it first.

CNN originally posted a heavily hedged report on the Trump-Russia dossier Jan. 10. Later that day, BuzzFeed posted the entirety of the memo with a note at the top of the piece saying, "The allegations are unverified, and the report contains errors."

The 35-page dossier is a collection of memos alleging that Trump has ties to Russia. Former British intelligence officer Christopher Steele prepared the dossier, and went ~~into hiding~~ on extended holiday after CNN and BuzzFeed published it.

BuzzFeed faced harsh backlash for journalists and the Trump administration for publishing the dossier.

Posted by:Besoeker

#3 Smith wrote a piece in The New York Times Monday that gave some reasons for why BuzzFeed went ahead with publishing the dossier:

"First, the documents were in wide circulation among top intelligence and elected officials and news organizations. They were being fought over — and acted on — at the highest levels of power. But the rest of the country was getting only the occasional glimpse of those battles, never the source documents themselves."

Funny, BuzzFeed seemed to be remarkably disinterested in similar situations from 2008 onwards. Mr Smith came on board in 2011; apparently he found nothing of 'interest' in the years since then.

Posted by: Pappy 2017-01-24 08:00

#2 tattle tale

Posted by: newc 2017-01-24 01:35

#1 I'm pretty sure that's not what actually happened...

Posted by: Raj 2017-01-24 00:37

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