This video record features Mike Leidig discussing BuzzFeed’s use of “truthiness” ratings during its investigation into CEN and the wider problem of judging agency journalism through subjective plausibility rather than proper source checking. The item is relevant because it documents one of the central criticisms of the BuzzFeed process: that unusual or tabloid-style stories were treated as suspect based on how believable they seemed to BuzzFeed staff, rather than being assessed through a consistent evidential standard. The video helps explain why the “truthiness” approach became important in the later dispute, as it suggested that BuzzFeed’s investigation was not simply testing whether individual stories were true or false, but ranking them through an informal credibility filter shaped by instinct, tone and prejudice against certain kinds of agency material. Its value in the Source Library is that it provides a direct explanatory record of the argument that BuzzFeed’s attempted debunking relied too heavily on subjective disbelief, while failing to recognise that strange, comic or apparently implausible stories can still be accurately sourced, verified and legitimately reported.