Source Library Central European News & Mike Leidig v BuzzFeed (US Second Circuit Libel Case) – BF Case Documents13 March CEN Draft Still Centred On Justin Bieber Bear Story

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13 March CEN Draft Still Centred On Justin Bieber Bear Story

This document is the draft article attached to BuzzFeed_000066, a 13 March 2015 BuzzFeed email with the subject “CEN Draft”. It is included in the Source Library as source/evidence material connected to the BuzzFeed/CEN case and the examination of how BuzzFeed’s article was constructed before publication. It records that, at this stage of the process, the draft still relied heavily on the Justin Bieber bear story as the main concrete example around which the wider case against CEN was being built. It is relevant because it helps show that, despite the length of the investigation and the number of people involved, the team still appeared to be relying on the original Bieber example rather than a substantial body of newly discovered evidence to support the broader fake-news narrative.

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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

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BuzzFeedCENCentral European NewsCEN Draft13 March 2015Justin Bieber bear storyCraig SilvermanAlan WhiteTom PhillipsHeidi Blakeevidential basisdraft articlenarrative developmentsource evidencedisclosurefake news narrative

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