The problem with Buzzfeed's Whisper partnership
The ethics of reposting content from social networks was questioned this month when BuzzFeed published a story composed almost entirely of tweets from sexual assault victims. The story quickly morphed from a chance to highlight the ordeals these women faced into a spectacle that prompted some journalists — including myself — to wonder about the balance between using Twitter as a reporting tool and using personal messages to drive pageviews.
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