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Calling Hillary Clinton a “nasty woman” may have been the best thing Donald Trump has ever done for her campaign. Trump has spent most of the election reminding us just how difficult it can be for a woman to run for president in a world still steeped in patriarchy. First there was that debate when…
render left third party share bar style=”background: url(../images/patterns/paper-noise.png) top left white;” story headline Miley Cyrus is trying to get your vote in Virginia story top video story create time WUSA 2:58 PM. EDT October 20, 2016 story body NEW YORK, NY – OCTOBER 22: Miley Cyrus attends the 30th Annual Night Of Stars presented by…
Despite spending hundreds of millions of dollars on security upgrades, U.S. media organizations have failed to properly protect their newsrooms from cyberattacks on their websites, communications systems and even editing platforms — opening themselves up to the possibility of a chaos-creating hack around Election Day. In just the past month, BuzzFeed has been vandalized, and…
closemoreNYU students react while watching the presidential debate between Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton and Republican candidate Donald Trump during a debate watch gathering, Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2016, in New York. (Julie Jacobson/AP) COMMENTARY Because he has no real interest in the boring parts of being president, such as governing the country, Donald J….
In-N-Out Is Crushingly Disappointing In-N-Out Is Crushingly Disappointing Patrick T. Fallon/Bloomberg/Getty Images Patrick T. Fallon/Bloomberg/Getty Images Everybody loves In-N-Out. Anthony Bourdain called it the best restaurant in Los Angeles. Walter Sobchak is addicted to its toasty buns (they ease his temperament). It draws people in from highways like moths to a cheese-covered flame and has…
Your Post Has Been Launched! Fabulous! Don’t forget to share with your friends on Twitter and Facebook. 1. During a CNN interview leading up to the final presidential debate, Rudy Giuliani defended Donald Trump against recent accusations of sexual assault. View this image › John Minchillo / AP “I know men who are touchy-feely,” Giuliani…
Hyperpartisan political Facebook pages and websites are consistently feeding their millions of followers false or misleading information, according to an analysis by BuzzFeed News. The review of more than 1,000 posts from six large hyperpartisan Facebook pages selected from the right and from the left also found that the least accurate pages generated some of…
Samsung apparently doesn’t see much humor in a Grand Theft Auto V mod that turns the recalled, hazardous Galaxy Note 7 into an in-game weapon. In fact, the company is trying to erase it from the internet completely. Samsung has issued a DMCA takedown targeting a YouTube video that showcased the mod, which gives the Note…
How do you make a recipe exciting? BuzzFeed figured it out. “The world of recipes had not been reinvented beyond a list of text and an image forever,” BuzzFeed Entertainment Group President Ze Frank said on the latest episode of Recode Media with Peter Kafka. Chocolate Chip Banana Monkey Bread FULL RECIPE: http://bzfd.it/2d4aeeN Posted by…
Image: Sam Wooley` It’s been 27 days since Palmer Luckey, the founder of Oculus VR and former Facebook golden child, has been seen or heard from publicly. On September 23, Luckey issued this statement on his funding of and involvement in Nimble America, a pro-Trump, anti-Hillary Clinton political advocacy group with the stated mission of…