I'm fond of the maxim that the internet is where awful people meet, and there's probably not a situation which more richly proves that than this week's news that fired serial plagiarist and recently-fired BuzzFeed editor Benny Johnson has officially been hired by National Review ...read more

On Friday, BuzzFeed editor-in-chief Ben Smith published a letter to readers announcing the firing of its Viral Politics Editor, Benny Johnson, who had been caught plagiarizing in some of his articles. Although Smith issued a heartfelt apology, it rang hollow given that it wasn't ...read more

BuzzFeed's Viral Politics Editor and raving conservative Benny Johnson has been fired by the site after two pseudonymous Twitter users accused him of serialplagiarism. On Friday editor-in-chief Ben Smith announced the termination, but it really can't be a surprise that the guy ...read more