Buzzfeed is the click for ‘sleb shit. “News” is supposed to the be the serious part that works to gain Pulitzers – to reflect the glory on the rest of the outfit.
Kanye West Just Liked A Sexy Underwear Photo Of Larsa Pippen After She Suggested That He Was Responsible For Her Feud With Ex Best Friend Kim Kardashian
Unh hunh.
My local rag, the Cambridge News, has an article starting “Cambridge has been named as the most empowering city for women in the UK in a new study released for International Women’s Day”. This is then rather undermined by “With this new research from The Body Shop”. It’s all bloody clickbait these days.
Saw Steve Forbes speak on a panel at a conference years ago. Someone from BuzzFeed was also on the panel, pretty sure it was Jonah Peretti.
As they were introducing themselves…
Jonah: “By the way, Steve, it’s an honor to be on this panel with you. It’s just inspiring what you’ve done with your publication, and I admire what you’ve built.”
Steve: “Well thanks, Jonah. I really admire your cat pictures.”