The Hollywood Reporter

BuzzFeed Invokes Reporter’s Privilege to Shield Trump Dossier Source

Aleksej Gurbarev wants to know the identity of the source after learning BuzzFeed didn't get the spy report from Fusion GPS. By Eriq Gardner Former Legal Editor-at-Large On Monday, BuzzFeed told a ...
cjr.org

In dossier lawsuit, BuzzFeed’s ‘fair-report’ defense survives

Sign up for the daily CJR newsletter. BUZZFEED STRENGTHENED ITS LEGAL POSITION this week against Russian entrepreneur Aleksej Gubarev, who is suing the website for ...
The Hollywood Reporter

BuzzFeed Doesn’t Have to Reveal Trump Dossier Source in Defamation Suit

A judge says that the suing Russian entrepreneur hasn't demonstrated an inability to get the information through alternative means. By Eriq Gardner Former Legal Editor-at-Large BuzzFeed won an ...
The Root

Here’s Some White Privilege: BuzzFeed Plagiarist Rewarded With Fawning Newspaper Profile

Benny Johnson—the slick, serially plagiarizing cat formerly known as “BuzzFeed Benny”—is now officially the poster boy for white-privilege, double-standard journalism. How that happened is the new ...