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On today's Politics and More podcast, David Remnick talks to Ben Smith, the editor-in-chief of BuzzFeed.

Smith's decision to publish an unverified intelligence report on Trump's ties to Russia has raised questions about how the media should cover the president.

Donald Trump campaigned to bring change to the way things are done in Washington,

and he's brought it, unquestionably. And with his team, dealing in alternative facts or falsehoods

or lies, call it what you will, our job of telling you the truth, the job of journalists,

as best we can figure out, is harder than it's ever been.

Recently, there was more news about the infamous Russian dossier, the unverified documents,

alleging salacious and very damning activities by the man who's now president.

And nearly all of what we know about the dossier came from its publication online in BuzzFeed.

Now, BuzzFeed, if you're not familiar with it, is a website that mixes a lot of things, quizzes,

videos, listicles, all kinds of clickbait, alongside some very serious and very thorough reporting.

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