Here NPR holds out BuzzFeed as an authority on fake news.
Why does that not surprise me?
When we left off, we were talking about BuzzFeed's analysis of how false, highly partisan content did better on Facebook than stories reported by mainstream media.
See how they give "mainstream media" a total pass? We are to instinctively distrust indy media (an idea that has some merit) but implicitly trust the established big boys.
Ronald Reagan said it best: "Trust but verify" - a notion that these lefty drones will never understand.