February 7, 2012

Paul Carr: Don’t overestimate BuzzFeed as a serious news site

“Of course, it’s early days for BuzzFeed as a serious news organization. It’s quite possible that the site’s election coverage will put that of the HuffPost — or even the Times — to shame. But right now there’s no evidence whatsoever — beyond David Carr writing the words — that BuzzFeed’s strategy of hiring respected journos from ‘real’ media is any different from Huffington’s ‘hood ornament’ strategy.”

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Steve Myers was the managing editor of Poynter.org until August 2012, when he became the deputy managing editor and senior staff writer for The Lens,…
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