Decoder with Nilay Patel

It's about ethics in journalism, with Ben Smith

After all, I've been saying for a long time now that the original sin of digital media was Jonah and BuzzFeed betting they could so consistently go viral that platforms like Facebook would pay them for content — the way cable companies pay carriage fees for channels like ESPN. This was the big bet for a lot of companies all chasing BuzzFeed's influence and valuation, and it's mostly all come crashing down.