Earlier we posted about the hit piece Buzzfeed published against the church of Chip and Joanna Gaines, the hosts of “Fixer Upper” on HGTV. Rather than inspiring an online LGBT mob against them, Buzzfeed is now taking a lot of heat over the unfair and biased article.
this is total dogshit https://t.co/ue01HIhmsA
— Paul Szoldra (@PaulSzoldra) November 30, 2016
Szoldra is a Business Insider journalist:
Ben Smith, the editor of Buzzfeed, is now trying to reframe the story to make it sound as if it’s not really anti-Christian, when it clearly is:
This is a story about a big company, HGTV, refusing to say whether they ban LGBT people from a TV show. They should just answer the question https://t.co/rxsbfV11mb
— Ben Smith (@semaforben) November 30, 2016
@PaulSzoldra you believe that if someone declines to comment after extensive effort, that should shut down a story?
— Ben Smith (@semaforben) November 30, 2016
It’s worth pointing out that Gabriel Malor is gay himself, just not of the rabid anti-Christian variety.
Subtext: it is important to know the religious beliefs of reality television hosts.
— Gabriel Malor (@gabrielmalor) December 1, 2016
"Outrage mobs are horrible. Jack, please save us from them!"
*publishes piece calling up an outrage mob for IMPUTED religious beliefs*
— Gabriel Malor (@gabrielmalor) November 30, 2016
@LouiseMensch HGTV wouldn't answer @KateAurthur Q of whether same-sex couples are barred from show. Maybe you can get them to?
— Ben Smith (@semaforben) November 30, 2016
Notice he doesn’t answer that question. Odd how Muslims get a free pass on the gay issue, huh?
@PaulSzoldra were you able to get an answer from HGTV on whether there’s a ban? Did you try? Do you not think that’s news?
— Ben Smith (@BuzzFeedBen) November 30, 2016
But this isn’t what the post is about, as AllahPundit points out:
Read the story for yourself. 18 paragraphs long. Two sentences on possible discrimination, with no evidence. https://t.co/IhsIbo4RzQ
— Allahpundit (@allahpundit) November 30, 2016
This reeks of scrambling for an angle to rescue a lame piece
— Allahpundit (@allahpundit) November 30, 2016
BuzzFeed online lynch mobs are the best online lynch mobs, that I can tell you
— Allahpundit (@allahpundit) November 30, 2016
Haven't heard @BuzzFeedBen deny he beats women, or that @BuzzFeed opposes beating women. Smells like a story. #BuzzFeedEthics
— Derek Hunter (@derekahunter) December 1, 2016
I guess some @BuzzFeed writers will just never accept a successful minority female business owner.
— Jon Gabriel (@exjon) November 30, 2016
I think @KateAurthur's refusal to respond to my journalistic inquiry speaks volumes. I hope @BuzzFeedBen can root out this hideous racism.
— Jon Gabriel (@exjon) November 30, 2016
I've revised your article, @KateAurthur. pic.twitter.com/jx4Dn4JIiW
— Jon Gabriel (@exjon) November 30, 2016
As someone pointed out, this is exactly the kind of thing that Americans are fed up with and why they voted for a guy like Trump who will at least outrage all of these morons over his very existence.