Staff will not pick up in trouble for their descriptions of Republican presidential candidate on social media,says Ben Smith
BuzzFeed journalists have been told they can call Donald Trump a “mendacious (deceptive) racist” on social media as a matter of fact.
In a memo to staff, BuzzFeed editor-in-chief Ben Smith said that describing the Republican presidential candidate as a liar and a racist would not violate BuzzFeed rules approximately avoiding political partisanship on social media.
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Source: theguardian.com