[AmericanChopper]

You can't build a reputation on garbage clickbait, and then expect people to take you seriously on-demand. Integrity isn't a light switch that you can flick on and off. To take any investigative piece seriously, I have to have some trust for the people that produced it, and I don't trust Buzzfeed to be anything other than low-quality, no-integrity mindless garbage.

[dghughes]

I see you're being down voted into nothingness (ironic when the topic is about integrity, journalism, free speech) but I agree.

Buzzfeed has been garbage for years at least here in Canada, some pretty vile people work there (Scaachi Koul). I too can't take them seriously considering their history. Maybe the US version is better and maybe I will find them trustworthy but I can't see it happening anytime soon.

Even the NYT after that disaster with the hiring of Sarah Jeong. I didn't realize it was OK to be racist as a retort I foolishly choose the option of just never being racist.

Trust takes years to develop but will disappear in an instant.

[forapurpose]

> You can't build a reputation on garbage clickbait, and then expect people to take you seriously on-demand.

Look back at how currently reputable publications got their start. Look at what the WSJ editorial page publishes today.