Holy crap! BuzzFeed's Ben Smith doubles down on douchery after Gaines smear job

This is your daily reminder that Buzzfeed is a garbage website.

— RBe (@RBPundit) December 1, 2016

The beating BuzzFeed’s been getting over its disgusting hit piece on Chip and Joanna Gaines has been going on for over 24 hours now, and it shows no signs of letting up. Not even after this:

LGBT Couples Welcome On “Fixer Upper,” HGTV Says https://t.co/SzQLeIjQaA

— Ben Smith (@BuzzFeedBen) December 1, 2016

Nice try, Ben. But just as was the case with his lame defense of Kate Aurthur’s original post, nobody’s gonna let him or BuzzFeed off the hook now. If anything, that hole’s only grown deeper.

https://twitter.com/lmnopg/status/804431263058640896

Sure does.

https://twitter.com/RobProvince/status/804435227993051136

you guys gonna issue an apology or will you keep ignoring and pretend you did nothing wrong/reprehensible?

— Andrew Wagner (@andrewwagner) December 1, 2016

Soooo… retraction then? Follow up story? Or is that hit piece just going to hang there, misleading SJW/pop culture lovers?

— GregEsq (@GregEsq) December 1, 2016

So the "actual story" you claimed existed-hidden beneath speculative gossip- turns out to be non-story? Great job, Buzzfeed!

— Andrea (@achamplife) December 1, 2016

https://twitter.com/SouthernKeeks/status/804431618496610305

https://twitter.com/seankennedyDC/status/804427832159969281

seriously dude, time to put down the shovel, stop digging, apologize and admit your crew was away out of bounds

— Andrew Wagner (@andrewwagner) December 1, 2016

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Shorter: "There was no story and we set the mob on these people for no reason because we're a garbage website." https://t.co/Eslm5vMDMI

— RBe (@RBPundit) December 1, 2016

so you attacked a christian couple for no reason? do you have any editors there? how does this crap get on your site?

— Ryan (@chasinghumility) December 1, 2016

Let Smith be clear: It’s not BuzzFeed‘s fault that this crap gets on their site. It’s somebody else’s. In this case, it’s HGTV’s:

wish they'd answered it when we asked! Woulda saved a lot of tweets.

— Ben Smith (@BuzzFeedBen) December 1, 2016

Wow.

https://twitter.com/RobProvince/status/804435382460968960

"If you would have just given me the name all nice like then I wouldn't have had to break your arms" https://t.co/bII1u7FqQ7

— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) December 1, 2016

Smith has got some nerve.

Wow, you really think a lot of yourself. For an asshole, I mean.

— Adso of Melk (@PalimpsestMan) December 1, 2016

Exit question:

So, @BuzzFeedBen, that big expose on the comments from Keith Ellison’s imam about homosexuality – that’s in the works, right? https://t.co/Am5kpB9dSq

— Jim Geraghty (@jimgeraghty) December 1, 2016

We wouldn’t hold our breath if we were you.

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