Buzzfeed editor Ben Smith was the guest of CNN’s Brian Stelter on Sunday. Stelter and Smith had a lengthy exchange about their reporting on the unverified dossier stating that Russia has compromising information that can be used against President-elect Donald Trump.
CNN's @brianstelter and @BuzzFeedBen clash over Buzzfeed's decision to publish unconfirmed Trump memo https://t.co/snZbXEEQDC
— CNN (@CNN) January 15, 2017
Smith said he was “proud” that his organization published all of the details.
This is essentially an argument/debate of "who's less bad" https://t.co/S0h7kUjjz2
— Cristian Nyari (@Cnyari) January 15, 2017
Yep.
#FakeNews death match. https://t.co/89NW6ocZFm
— News Media Is Corrupt. (@jaraparilla) January 15, 2017
https://twitter.com/l_equihua26/status/820719569035591680
CNN also reported on this but was careful to distance itself from Buzzfeed last week.
Statement from CNN: pic.twitter.com/WttyOCxQxp
— CNN Communications (@CNNPR) January 11, 2017
Piers Morgan weighed in.
Great interview by @brianstelter.
As for @BuzzFeedBen – come off it! Smart guy but that's an absurd defence of the indefensible. https://t.co/ywNYPeXZHE— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) January 15, 2017
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