https://twitter.com/CuffyMeh/status/819286799067574272
BuzzFeed’s response to having published a 35-page dossier of unsubstantiated dirt on Donald Trump has been bad enough (editor-in-chief Ben Smith admitted the report contained “explosive but unverified” allegations), but it just got worse.
As a result of the “dossier” story, at Donald Trump’s press conference earlier today, the President-Elect referred to Buzzfeed as a “steaming pile of garbage.” Even though their story proved to be full of holes, BuzzFeed’s not shying away from using Trump’s slam as a money-making opportunity:
https://twitter.com/DylanByers/status/819284909218926592
Buzzfeed Is Selling ‘Failing Pile of Garbage’ Shirts Now https://t.co/dyLmX0aQyY pic.twitter.com/0YweybfYrO
— Mediaite (@Mediaite) January 11, 2017
#Facepalm
https://twitter.com/MikeCiandella/status/819287448916205574
for fucks sake was this all a marketing ploy https://t.co/FKYuQqIl1A
— Shoshana Weissmann, Sloth Committee Chair ? (@senatorshoshana) January 11, 2017
Maybe some of Buzzfeed’s rapid-response t-shirt designers should be reassigned as fact checkers.
https://twitter.com/MikeIsaac/status/819285157332983808
https://twitter.com/EF517_V2/status/819288317535649792
"Guys we just completely torched the credibility of every journalist that works for us. How should we handle this?"
"I know, T-Shirts"
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) January 11, 2017
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Where's the one that says "Publish Without Verifying" https://t.co/JegUU6rpeI
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) January 11, 2017
What? No Buzzfeed #goldenshowers umbrellas for sale yet? https://t.co/wDbjjo82nJ
— Michelle Malkin (@michellemalkin) January 11, 2017
https://twitter.com/CrankyGordon/status/819289567949897733
(this is going to be an exhibit in Michael Cohen's lawsuit) https://t.co/5h7s7IGYUt
— Matt Berry ☘️ (@mttbry) January 11, 2017
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