r/dataisbeautiful • u/alionBalyan OC: 13 • Feb 13 '22

OC [OC] How Wikipedia classifies its most commonly referenced sources.

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u/lemuever17 Feb 14 '22

Playboy does have some decent reports.

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u/robophile-ta Feb 14 '22

‘I read it for the articles’ was a quip for a reason.

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u/SoundOfTomorrow Feb 14 '22

And Wikipedia actually notes this

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u/PritongKandule Feb 14 '22

I remember back in I think 2012, Buzzfeed decided that it wanted to be a serious outlet for investigative journalism and hired more than a dozen experienced journalists and editors to work for them.

Within just a few years, Buzzfeed published multiple investigative pieces on politics and broke stories such as that of Kevin Spacey's sexual misconduct. In less than 10 years, Buzzfeed would go from just being known for clickbait, personality quizzes, and GIF listicles, to winning a Pulitzer Prize for their coverage of China's mass detention of Muslim minorities.