Veep Speculation Continues

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.

Ashley McCollum 9 months ago 1 response

Out Gay Candidates

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.

Ashley McCollum 9 months ago respond

Mitt’s Mormon Faith Factor

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.

Ashley McCollum 9 months ago respond

One Chart That Explains The Transformation Of Media In 2012

Facebook rose in the first half of the year to challenge Google’s dominance. A chart from the new BuzzFeed Social Intelligence Report.

Ben Smith 10 months ago 11 responses

A Tale Of Two Campaigns

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.”

Ashley McCollum 10 months ago respond

Sticky Wikis?

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!

Ashley McCollum 10 months ago respond

TomKat Calls It Quits

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.

Ashley McCollum 10 months ago respond

The Health Care Hangover

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.

Ashley McCollum 10 months ago respond

New Gallup Poll On Sentiment Towards Romney’s Church

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.

Ashley McCollum 10 months ago respond

What Will Happen To The Bush Tax Cuts?

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.

Ashley McCollum 10 months ago respond

Barack Obama Per David Maraniss

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.

Ashley McCollum 10 months ago respond

Obama Gaffe Vs. Romney Gaffe

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.

Ashley McCollum 11 months ago respond

10 Abominations Of Pop Culture

Feast your eyes on these unholy unions.

Michael Schmidt 11 months ago 139 responses

111 Reasons Why I’ll Miss BuzzFeed

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.

sly 11 months ago 5 responses

OMG BuzzFeed Hates The New Twitter Bird

“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.

Ashley McCollum 11 months ago 2 responses

More On The Conservative Media “Race War”

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.

Ashley McCollum 11 months ago respond

Obama Courting Veterans And Military Families

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.

Ashley McCollum 11 months ago respond

Is Mitt’s Mormonism Fair Game?

BuzzFeed’s McKay Coppins joins The Young Turks Power Panel to discuss David Axelrod’s recent comments on Romney’s faith.

Ashley McCollum 11 months ago respond

Six Times Barack Obama Said He Would Reform Immigration

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.

Andrew Kaczynski a year ago 3 responses

The Best Of Obama’s Speech To The White House Correspondents’ Dinner

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.

Andrew Kaczynski a year ago 166 responses

BuzzFeed On HLN: Best Of Web This Week

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!”

Ashley McCollum a year ago 25 responses

Fast Company Names BuzzFeed As Top 10 Media

BuzzFeed listed as one of “The World’s 50 Most Innovative Companies”

BuzzFeedAwards a year ago 3 responses

BuzzFeed Launches Animals Vertical, Cuteness Ensues

BuzzFeed Enters Fast-Paced World Of Cute Animal News With Groundbreaking New “Animals” Vertical Led By Shepherd, Lamb

BuzzFeedPress a year ago 4 responses

Chuck Norris Responds To BuzzFeed’s Obama Video

Chuck Norris says the video proves Obama’s association with radicals.

Andrew Kaczynski a year ago 66 responses

Occupy Wall Street Plans “General Strike” — But Labor Isn’t Coming Along

The limits of an alliance are on display. What if you call a general strike and everyone goes to work?

Rosie Gray a year ago 11 responses

Romney In 2002: I’m A “Person Of Independence”

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.]

Andrew Kaczynski a year ago respond

At Harvard, Obama Dived Into Diversity Fight

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.

Andrew Kaczynski a year ago 150 responses

The 20 Best Things BuzzFeeders Said In February

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.

Ryan Broderick a year ago 38 responses

Contest: Design Art For BuzzFeed’s Office Wall

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!

sly a year ago 25 responses