Mediagazer: This Brutal Takedown of BuzzFeed Lists Gets One Point Wrong (Philip Bump/The Atlantic Wire)

11:55 PM ET, October 22, 2013

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Philip Bump / The Atlantic Wire:

This Brutal Takedown of BuzzFeed Lists Gets One Point Wrong — Maddox, the man behind “The Best Page in the Universe,” hates BuzzFeed. We know this because of his new post, “I Hate BuzzFeed,” and its accompanying video, titled, “I Hate BuzzFeed.” It's an unrelenting attack — but he gets one point wrong.

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