22 Jan: Fox News: NBC raises eyebrows over $400 million relationship with BuzzFeed By Brian Flood NBCUniversal invested $400 million in BuzzFeed and the two companies have a “strategic partnership,” raising eyebrows about why the Peacock Network isn’t more transparent when covering the controversial website... “NBCU is indeed an investor and a great strategic partner, but I’m afraid you’d have to ask them about how and when they disclose that information,” A BuzzFeed spokesperson told Fox News. DePauw University professor and media critic Jeffrey McCall told Fox News that it should be “standard operating procedure that a media organization explain its financial interests and connections” in such a situation. “Most news consumers would have no idea that BuzzFeed is supported financially by NBC,” McCall said...
Well looky here at this...
19 posted on 01/24/2019 6:37:36 PM PST by timestax
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