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BuzzFeed Guardian US Article Shows Janine Gibson’s Former Employer Becoming A BuzzFeed Target

This archived screenshot preserves BuzzFeed’s article “How The Guardian Lost America”, written after Janine Gibson had moved from The Guardian to become editor-in-chief of BuzzFeed UK. The item is significant because it forms part of the wider evidence chain about vested-interest journalism and editorial conflicts: Gibson had previously run Guardian US during the period central to the article, left The Guardian after failing to succeed Alan Rusbridger, and was then heading BuzzFeed UK when BuzzFeed published a damaging long-form critique of her former employer. Private Eye noted the apparent tension in BuzzFeed saying Gibson was not involved, given her senior role at BuzzFeed UK and her close connection to the subject matter. The item matters because CEN had already complained about BuzzFeed’s conflict-of-interest problems, and this later Guardian article showed a similar pattern: BuzzFeed using the language of media scrutiny while publishing material that also served its own institutional and competitive interests. It should be read alongside the Janine Gibson/CEN complaint material, where CEN’s request for correction or review was not acted on, and the wider evidence showing how BuzzFeed continued to defend and reuse its CEN narrative.

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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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