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47. 47 . 47 comes next . Not the letter l . See if you can see where the unexpected veer, the unexpected plot twist comes in. Heres how the story is headlined in the detroit free press. Michigan republicans michigae republicanled Investigation Ep rejects trumps claim that November 3rd Election was stolen. Heres the Associated Press headline, Senate Republican probe, no systemic fraud in michigan election. Heres the New York Times headline, michigan republicans debunk voter fraud claims in unspar...

Helping us out here and asking what kind of christmas cookie are you? will: yeah, so its a personality quiz or a christmas season i found it to be a christmas season preferences quiz. do you like this movie or that movie? do you like this drink or that drink? and the three of us, todd, carley and myself went through and took this quiz so we learned what kind of christmas cookie are we. carley, what are you? carley: when i took the quiz it, revealed to me that im not actually a cookie im a candy ...

Things to a lot of people. everybody hates us these days, but for a wide variety of reasons. i think its an opportunity and i think, proving in various ways that youre open—minded and that you can and that the reader can trust you is totally central. and i want to ask you about a decision you took around the steele dossier, and whether you feel that had an impact on trust between americans and the media. for listeners who dont recall this, buzzfeed, when you were editor, published the steele d...

What he has found in his career is if you have a really high quality product, theres a lot of appetite for it in all of those areas. and you will be aware, almost more aware than anyone, because you worked at buzzfeed news and youll have monitored very closely, for example, what huffpost has done in the news arena, you will be aware how challenging it is for anyone new to enter an arena where a big beasts like the new york times, the bbc and others have been around for an awfully long time. have...

Talent and a couple of other things, you know, one is that there have been enormous changes in story form. most of these big organisations continue to write things that look basically like newspaper articles, and thats not mostly the way people want to consume information. and if you look across the industry, at places like axios, at business insider, buzzfeed and all sorts of different places, theres a lot of innovation there. i think we are eager to push that forward. obviously, i have... toda...

I think that is one of the opportunities, is that a lot ofjournalists are restless and interested in something new right now. for the sake of the discussion, lets assume that happens — you hire some brilliantjournalists, you start making some innovative and differentjournalism. what is the business model that you hope to serve? well, i think we aim to have a blend of advertising, subscription events, other businesses, but thats the core of the media business and if you look at my partner justi...

Yeah, and i think theres a big opportunity to connect with people, and often if you talk to people about the news, they say, you need to read between the lines and means a lot of different — it means a lot of different things to a lot of people. everybody hates us these days, but for a wide variety of reasons. i think its an opportunity and i think, proving in various ways that youre open—minded and that you can and that the reader can trust you is totally central. and i want to ask you abou...

It all the same because you said this dossier was being shared in washington and therefore it was relevant. but a lot of what was within it has not been established to be true. did that impact trust between americans and their news media? i think, actually, the details of this story really matter. which describes in early january of 2017, and after this document had been briefed to the president of the united states and the president—elect, donald trump, and it was circulating in us senators a...

Found in his career is if you have a really high quality product, theres a lot of appetite for it in all of those areas. and you will be aware, almost more aware than anyone, because you worked at buzzfeed news and youll have monitored very closely, for example, what huffpost has done in the news arena, you will be aware how challenging it is for anyone new to enter an arena where a big beasts like the new york times, the bbc and others have been around for an awfully long time. have you looked ...

Than they are. right, and i guess i would say, for one thing, that ive been around this business and done new things in it long enough that the idea that theres one killer app is silly, and were not pivoting to video, were not doing one simple thing, but i think the combination of great talent and a couple of other things, you know, one is that there have been enormous changes in story form. most of these big organisations continue to write things that look basically like newspaper articles, and...