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BuzzFeed Ends $1.3M Advertising Deal With RNC Over Donald Trump (cnn.com)

Posted by BeauHD on from the persuasive-speaking dept.

An anonymous reader writes: In response to Donald Trump's rhetoric, the "social news and entertainment company" BuzzFeed has decided to terminate an advertising deal with the Republican National Committee. The deal was for $1.3 million, a source close to BuzzFeed told POLITICO. The source said the reason was because of the website's employees. "[BuzzFeed could not countenance] having employees make ads, or working at the company and having our site promoting things, that limit our freedom and make it harder for them to live their lives," they said. The source said in response to whether or not BuzzFeed would rule out any Trump advertising: "In general, we have taken the position that we won't take ads for his presidential campaign." In a CNN article, RNC chief strategist Sean Spicer says, "Space was reserved on many platforms, but we never intended to use BuzzFeed." He added, "It is ironic that they have not ruled out taking money from a candidate currently under investigation by the FBI." The agreement between the RNC and BuzzFeed called for the GOP to "spend a significant amount on political advertisements slated to run during the fall election cycle," BuzzFeed CEO Jonah Peretti wrote in an internal memo.

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  1. Didn't want them anyway... by mccrew · · Score: 4, Funny

    RNC didn't want to advertise there anyway. They're low energy. Losers.

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  2. I Don't Believe Trump's Eligible to be President by Greyfox · · Score: 2, Funny

    I want to see Trump's long form Birth Certificate, because it's pretty clear he's an Oompa Loompa. It seems much more likely that he was born in Loompaland, not the USA.

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  3. Re: I'm sure Drump is all torn up over it by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Really? He showed you how to spell losing, and you still spelled it "loosing"?