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HuffPost's S.V. Dáte defended his reporting on Trump amid a viral exchange where White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt responded childishly to a question, calling him a 'left-wing hack' and sparking debate over professionalism and media coverage of the Trump administration.
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt engaged in a social media spat with HuffPost, dismissing their questions about the choice of Budapest for a Trump-Putin meeting and attacking the reporter, while avoiding answering key questions about Ukraine and Putin's actions.
The article discusses the intersection of media and politics, highlighting how politicians like Ramaswamy and Musk see value in owning news platforms for their political influence rather than financial returns. It critiques Ramaswamy's proposal for BuzzFeed, comparing it to other failed media ventures, and notes the broader trend of conflating media business with political motives.
BuzzFeed is shutting down BuzzFeed News and laying off 15% of its employees, or about 180 people, across BuzzFeed News and other divisions due to not being able to turn a profit. BuzzFeed will concentrate its news efforts in a single profitable news organization — HuffPost, which it acquired from Verizon in 2020. BuzzFeed.com site will remain in place. BuzzFeed News first launched in 2011 under then-editor in chief Ben Smith.