Media -- Both on the Left and Right -- Are Pressing Facebook to Define What Journalism Is

Posted Tuesday, July 17, 2018 12:00 pm

Kara Swisher and Kurt Wagner | Recode

BuzzFeed’s Ben Smith was confused as hell and he wasn’t going to take it anymore.

So while he’s not exactly Howard Beale, the famously pugnacious editor of Buzzfeed pressed hard last week on global news partnerships head Campbell Brown to explain how the social media giant defines journalism and who practices it.

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Media -- Both on the Left and Right -- Are Pressing Facebook to Define What Journalism Is

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