The Problem with BuzzFeed’s ‘Let the Readers Decide’ Standard

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Not long after CNN reported that top U.S. intelligence officials had briefed Donald Trump on a document that alleges the Russian government had “compromising personal and financial information” on him, BuzzFeed published what it claimed to be synopsised in the briefing under the dubious journalistic guideline to let the readers decide their validity.

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