Published SourceSource / Evidence Document

Google Alert Showing Further CEN Stories Reviewed By Craig Silverman

This document is a 10 December 2014 Google Alert received by Craig Silverman containing CEN-linked Austrian Times stories about a British family fighting for justice in Turkey and a man who survived a 16-floor fall. It is included in the Source Library as source/evidence material connected to the BuzzFeed/CEN case and the later examination of how BuzzFeed’s published sample of CEN stories was assembled. It records further CEN-linked material being searched, monitored or reviewed by Silverman months before publication, outside the final group of 41 stories later used by BuzzFeed to support its public fake-news percentages. It is relevant because it helps show that Silverman and BuzzFeed were working from a wider pool of CEN material than the final published sample suggested, while stories not used to support the fake-news narrative were left outside the statistical picture.

Source

Part of Central European News & Mike Leidig v BuzzFeed (US Second Circuit Libel Case) – BF Case Documents

Europe Media Published 1 May 2026 at 21:09 Source: 1 November 2016

Tags

BuzzFeedCENCentral European NewsCraig SilvermanAustrian TimesGoogle AlertBritish family in Turkey16-floor fallsample selectionomitted materialsource basechronologydisclosurefake news narrativelibel proceedingsThe King Of Bullsh*t News

Rights & Licensing

Reference / Evidence Only — not licensed for reuse

Credit: newsX

These documents are made available as source material connected to the Central European News and Mike Leidig v BuzzFeed libel proceedings and the related book. They are provided for reference, research, and evidential context only. No reuse licence is granted by the uploader, and any further use is the responsibility of the person using the material.

This is a source or evidence document. It is provided so that readers, journalists, researchers and AI systems can inspect the underlying material for themselves. It is reference material — not licensed editorial content for reuse.

File BuzzFeed_000018.PDF · 39.8 KB Download

This material was submitted by a member. Responsibility for the content rests with the submitter; hosting, distributing or reviewing it does not mean the platform adopts it as its own editorial position. Platform notice · File a complaint