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BuzzFeed called out on false 'Ryan walks out on interview' headline, Obama campaign spins

Pressure from Commentary magazine’s John Podhoretz and others forced the correction of a BuzzFeed headline which claimed a “testy” vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan had “walked out” of an interview with a local reporter — but only after the Obama campaign had jumped at the chance to spin the story their own way, “amplifying” a few details along the way.

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Wow, Ryan walks out, storms out, and runs away all at the same time? Too bad no one caught this unhinged outburst on video. Oh wait, they did … and it doesn’t really look like what the fact checkers in the Obama camp describe at all. Weird, huh?

https://twitter.com/CuffyMeh/status/255443175836119041

Ryan’s spokesman, Brendan Buck, told BuzzFeed that the reporter had already gone over his allotted time “when he decided to ask a weird question relating gun violence to tax cuts. Ryan responded as anyone would in such a strange situation. When you do nearly 200 interviews in a couple months, eventually you’re going to see a local reporter embarrass himself.”

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https://twitter.com/BuzzFeedAndrew/status/255442272534007809

After a lengthy Twitter exchange and some insults (and apologies), BuzzFeed changed the headline from “walks out” to “ends.” That’s closer, at least, but no cigar.

https://twitter.com/BuzzFeedAndrew/status/255440145099137025

https://twitter.com/CuffyMeh/status/255451481552080896

https://twitter.com/jaycaruso/status/255451645142523904

https://twitter.com/dibutler/status/255452077390696449

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Whether or not a headline change is “interesting stuff” is up for debate, but Podhoretz’ point about false memes getting started is dead on. The president’s team wasted no time making sure the original headline was spread far and wide.

https://twitter.com/CuffyMeh/status/255456023706472448

So it works something like this?

For now, the BuzzFeed headline has settled on “Paul Ryan Gets Testy And Ends Interview.” No rush from Team Obama to correct the record, though. Weird, huh?

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