Sally Rides’ Sister, Bear, Weighs In
BuzzFeed’s Chris Geidner joins The Young Turks with Cenk Uygur to talk about DOMA and domestic partnerships following the passing of Sally Ride. Cenk also talks to Bear Ride, Sally’s sister.
BuzzFeed’s Chris Geidner joins The Young Turks with Cenk Uygur to talk about DOMA and domestic partnerships following the passing of Sally Ride. Cenk also talks to Bear Ride, Sally’s sister.
BuzzFeed’s Zeke Miller joins HLN’s Christi Paul to give an update on Romney’s Veepstakes and why he’ll most likely choose Tim Pawlenty or Rob Portman. “The Vice President has the compliment the ticket,” says Miller.
BuzzFeed’s Chris Geidner joins Full Court Press with Bill Press to talk his report on the record number of out gay Congressional candidates this year. Tammy Baldwin would be the first out Senator, should she win.
BuzzFeed’s McKay Coppins joins John Avlon on CNN’s Out Front with Erin Burnett about the role of Mormonism plays in Mitt Romney’s life and how it affects the campaign. “If you’re a Mormon and you watch Mitt Romney for 5 minutes, you will see about 7 tells that he’s a Mormon,” Coppins said.
Facebook rose in the first half of the year to challenge Google’s dominance. A chart from the new BuzzFeed Social Intelligence Report.
BuzzFeed’s Zeke Miller joins HLN’s Christi Paul to talk about his story highlighting the starke differences between the Obama and Romney campaigns. Miller also responds to the New York Post’s article about Obama’s call for supporters add fundraising efforts through wedding registries. “I’d take the tupperware.”
BuzzFeed’s Andrew Kaczynski joins Michael Smerconish on MSNBC’s Hardball with Chris Matthews to talk about his report out’ing embarrassing Congressional Wikipedia edits. Also, Ron Reagan!
BuzzFeed’s Amy Odell joins HLN’s Christie Paul during breaking news of Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise filing for divorce. Amy discusses how social media response has been mired in humor. “The puns are going to get old fast,” Odell said.
BuzzFeed’s Ben Smith joined CNN’s Out Front with Erin Burnett to break down the winners and losers of the Supreme Court health care ruling Thursday.
BuzzFeed’s McKay Coppins joined Craig Melvin on MSNBC’s Weekends with Alex Witt to discuss the recent Gallup poll saying 18% of Republicans would not vote for a Mormon president. “I think actually [Romney’s faith] could matter a great deal,” Coppins said.
BuzzFeed’s Zeke Miller joined The Young Turks Power Panel to talk about whether President Obama will let the Bush tax cuts expire. “Is it good policy is one question, good politics is a different one,” Miller said.
BuzzFeed’s Editor-in-Chief Ben Smith breaks down David Maraniss’s new biography “Barack Obama: The Story” and discusses his review of the book on CNN’s Starting Point with Soledad O’Brien.
BuzzFeed’s McKay Coppins joined Viewpoint with Eliot Spitzer’s political panel Monday to discuss how Obama’s gaffe for saying the private sector is “doing fine” measures up to Romney’s slip asserting that the police officers, firefighters and teachers should be cut. “Mitt Romney’s comment is reflective of this sort of austerity fetish that the Republican party has right now,” Coppins said.
Feast your eyes on these unholy unions.
This is my last day of work at BuzzFeed as I’m living the 1969 dream and moving to San Francisco to ride motorcycles and eat burritos on the beach. It’s been one of the most fun, weird, wonderful years of my life and I will miss these guys immensely. Here’s some of the shenanigans we got up to.
“How can one little bird generate so much buzz,” asks KGW in Portland. They deem The New York Times’ headline “breathy” and say BuzzFeed calling Larry a jerk is “slightly less subtle.” Well, he is a jerk in that hat.
BuzzFeed’s McKay Coppins joined Cenk Uygur on The Young Turks to discuss his piece on the conservative media “race war.” “If you spend a couple days reading the conservative blogosphere…you will hear about this idea of a slow burning race war,” Coppins said.
BuzzFeed’s Michael Hastings joined Hardball with Chris Matthews to talk about whether the president’s courtship of military families will win over a group that has traditionally supported the GOP. “The Obama campaign has bent over backwards to make inroads with military veterans,” Hastings said.
BuzzFeed’s McKay Coppins joins The Young Turks Power Panel to discuss David Axelrod’s recent comments on Romney’s faith.
Mitt Romney finds himself trailing President Obama by a wide margin among Latino voters, and his campaign has done little outreach to the Hispanic community. Romney’s best bet: To highlight the Obama’s unfilled promises to fix America’s immigration system.
The President poked fun at Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, political reporters, the Huffington Post, Donald Trump, and joked about himself eating dog meat as a child in his annual speech to the White House Correspondents’ Dinner Saturday night. Here are the highlights.
BuzzFeed’s Matt Stopera talks to HLN’s Mike Galanos about all the gems we found online this week. “Get out of the room, the kids are crying!”
BuzzFeed listed as one of “The World’s 50 Most Innovative Companies”
BuzzFeed Enters Fast-Paced World Of Cute Animal News With Groundbreaking New “Animals” Vertical Led By Shepherd, Lamb
Chuck Norris says the video proves Obama’s association with radicals.
The limits of an alliance are on display. What if you call a general strike and everyone goes to work?
Mitt Romney is running for president on a strong conservative platform. But in this 12-minute-long interview from his gubernatorial campaign, Romney defined himself to Massachusetts voters as independent Republican and not part of the establishment. “I’m not running as the Republican view, or a continuation of Republican values. That’s not what brings me to the race.” [Ed. note: Seven seconds of this interview was posted on BuzzFeed earlier.]
In this video, not previously available online but licensed by BuzzFeed from a Boston television station, the future president speaks at a 1991 campus protest organized to demand tenure for minority and female law professors.
Everybody knows that Buzzfeeders are the best commenters on the internet. So here are our favorite things Buzzfeeders said in the comments last month. For more, check out our ongoing Hall Of Fame.
BuzzFeed has moved into new digs in the Flatiron District and we need some artwork for our ‘Geeky’ conference room. And we like you! So we thought we’d ask if you’d want to have your work hung in our office? You do? Yay!! Details below!