This BuzzFeed Trump thing is another indication that the paradigm of Right vs Left is dead and is replaced with that of Right vs Wrong.
— NeoN: Automataster (@neontaster) June 6, 2016
Picking political sides is no longer a double standard if you consider one side to be objectively good and the other objectively evil.
— NeoN: Automataster (@neontaster) June 6, 2016
Welp:
.@BuzzFeed Terminates Ad Deal With Republican Party Over @realDonaldTrump https://t.co/fFv2Ubsawq pic.twitter.com/z2ydfMUcw5
— BuzzFeed News (@BuzzFeedNews) June 6, 2016
BuzzFeed employees were notified of CEO Jonah Peretti’s decision in an email this morning.
More from BuzzFeed:
“Earlier today, BuzzFeed informed the RNC that we would not accept Trump for President ads and that we would be terminating our agreement with them,” Peretti said. “The Trump campaign is directly opposed to the freedoms of our employees in the United States and around the world and in some cases, such as his proposed ban on international travel for Muslims, would make it impossible for our employees to do their jobs.”
Peretti added later in the email, “We certainly don’t like to turn away revenue that funds all the important work we do across the company. However, in some cases we must make business exceptions: we don’t run cigarette ads because they are hazardous to our health, and we won’t accept Trump ads for the exact same reason.”
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In a follow-up email, BuzzFeed editor-in-chief Ben Smith reiterated that the decision was not an editorial call and that coverage of the Trump campaign by BuzzFeed News journalists would go unchanged. “This was Jonah’s call, and the prerogative of a publisher,” Smith wrote.
You can read Peretti’s full email here.
Buzzfeed now openly advertising for only one political party in this country. But hey keep taking their quizzes https://t.co/mcvdKjsXtj
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) June 6, 2016
https://twitter.com/MattCover/status/739840161215709185
BuzzFeed is, of course, free to do as they please.
Biggest revelation from this Buzzfeed-nixes-GOP-ad-deal kerfuffle: corporations are people, my friend!
— The Nats Won The World Series (@EsotericCD) June 6, 2016
And they have beliefs and values that go beyond profit.
Who knew? https://t.co/INwyH3Xqdu
— Drew McCoy (@_Drew_McCoy_) June 6, 2016
But one can’t help but wonder: What makes them so special?
https://twitter.com/seanmdav/status/739833352610545664
https://twitter.com/seanmdav/status/739839585732198401
Buzzfeed refusing a service because of what their owner believe. That sounds familiar https://t.co/nlEPw9CQfc
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) June 6, 2016
Recap: Use a Constitutionally protected right to deny service, you're society's greatest monster.
Use political beliefs, you're @BuzzFeed— Michelle Ray (@GaltsGirl) June 6, 2016
https://twitter.com/LoganDobson/status/739837095229980672
Would @BuzzFeed bake a Republican cake?
— Isaac (@isaacwmiller) June 6, 2016
Good question.
https://twitter.com/seanmdav/status/739843523017576455
But what would it take for them to show the pro-baby-murder DNC the same courtesy they’ve shown the RNC?
Question for Buzzfeed — What are the parameters that DNC would have to breach for them to pull ads?
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) June 6, 2016
Or does Buzzfeed now solely decide what is and is not tolerate to discuss in the public arena of ideas now?
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) June 6, 2016
I mean this is the company that cut a selfie stick video for Barack Obama to pitch his mandatory healthcare law no one can afford.
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) June 6, 2016
Selective morality is the best morality.
https://twitter.com/MattCover/status/739843942275911682