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>> tucker: point of fact, you didnt help them navigate, you just printed it. heres what bothers me about your explanation. im for openness and transparency. but by setting yourself up as a champion of press freedom, youre slightly disingenuous. i read this from buzzfeed, "we firmly believe that for a number of issues including civil rights, lgbt equality, there are not two sides." it struck me as -- thats almost a theological statement, instead of journalism which is -- theres always another sid...

That implicit point, that you are not going to cover racists like they have a legitimate point of view. >> tucker: i will tell you exactly how. clearly, buzzfeed news has a pretty open political agenda. masquerading as journalism. >> is it open or is it masquerading? >> tucker: it is open and obvious for those of us were trying to pay attention. i think you are hiding behind journalistic standards. the day the supreme court ruled on gay marriage, you wrote this, "the supreme court ruling today, ...

Open only to journalists of color. you barred people based on the color of their skin. maybe you can every educate me on what racism is. >> it was aimed at people of color. i think lots of companies try to recruit as i diverse workforce. including buzzfeed. there also very clear, legal restrictions on how exactly you can go about recruiting. >> tucker: you advertised. >>the law stopped you from doing what you tried to do, which is exclude people from the job on the basis of your screen color. >>...

Didnt help them navigate, you just printed it. heres what bothers me about your explanation. im for openness and transparency. but by setting yourself up as a champion of press freedom, york slightly just and done u.s. disingenuous. which is online and i read this from buzzfeed, "we firmly believe that for a number of issues including civil rights, lgbt equality, there are not two sides." it struck me, is that almost a theological statement, instead of journalism which is third always another si...

Its claims come from a businessman instead of intelligent sources. why did buzzfeed publish it in the first plates? joining us now is ben smith, editor-in-chief of the buzzfeed news. instead of only presenting known facts, they left it to readers to reckon with a messy reality. i know you have taken a lot of flak for this. let me just ask the obvious question which is, lets say i had an unverified document given to me by one of your enemies claiming that you had committed a crime. lets say that ...

You barred people based on the color of their skin. maybe you can every educate me on what racism is. >> it was aimed at people of color. i think lots of companies try to recruit a diverse workforce. including buzzfeed. there also very clear, legal restrictions on how exactly you can go about recruiting. >> tucker: you advertised. the law stopped you from doing what you tried to do, which is exclude people from the job on the basis of your skin color. im asking you a straightforward question. >>...

Are not going to cover racists like they have a legitimate point of view. >> tucker: i will tell you exactly how. clearly, buzzfeed news has a pretty open political agenda. masquerading as journalism. >> is it open or is it masquerading? >> tucker: it is open and obvious for those of us were trying to pay attention. i think you are hiding behind journalistic standards. the day the supreme court ruled on gay marriage, you wrote this, "the supreme court ruling today, astonishing to me as much as w...

The first place? joining us now is ben smith, editor-in-chief of the buzzfeed news. instead of only presenting known facts, they left it to readers to reckon with a messy reality. i know you have taken a lot of flak for this. let me just ask the obvious question which is, lets say i had an unverified document given to me by one of your enemies claiming that you had committed a crime. lets say that was in the hands of law enforcement but they did not press charges against you. we had no evidence ...

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