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MailOnline DC Toys Collector Exclusive Shows Reporting That BuzzFeed And Emergent Could Not Match

This archived screenshot preserves a MailOnline article about Brazilian former porn star Diane DeJesus being identified as the figure behind the hugely popular DC Toys Collector/Disney Collector YouTube channel. The screenshot is significant because the article was later cited in the CEN/BuzzFeed evidence chain as an example of MailOnline doing the kind of direct reporting that BuzzFeed’s online debunking approach failed to replicate: the MailOnline article stated that attempts by The New York Times and BuzzFeed to establish the channel owners’ identities had failed, while DailyMail.com said it had identified them through former neighbours, a close friend and publicly available property records. The item matters because the story was included in Craig Silverman’s Emergent material as an unverified MailOnline claim that BuzzFeed appeared keen to see debunked, yet Emergent did not establish it was false. Read alongside the wider Emergent evidence, this screenshot helps document the contrast between conventional reporting methods — contacting people, using local sources and checking records — and BuzzFeed’s reliance on online tracking, “truthiness” ratings and attempted debunking of rival publishers’ stories.

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Part of Central European News & Mike Leidig v BuzzFeed (US Second Circuit Libel Case) – Archived Web Screenshots

Europe Media newsX CIC Published 3 May 2026 at 13:59 Source: 16 July 2016

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