I assume that Jason Leopold has editors that fact check his stories before they're published.

[Yavin4]

BuzzFeed is not Twitter where you can post anything you want.

[emulatorloo]

1. Co-author of article won a Pulitzer

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100211689522

[Caliman73]

2. He was also working with another reporter.

I would imagine that they would have done their due diligence on this one. There is A LOT riding on the accuracy of this story. If it goes bad, I expect that it will be the last we hear from Buzzfeed.

[highmindedhavi]

3. The reporter has not seen the evidence himself

saw the video interview on CNN, but said others have seen, maybe all comes out soon.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

4. People are dumping on Jason Leopold, but keep in mind that

he also has a co-author who won a Pulitzer. These guys wouldn't have published something like this without being as sure as they possibly could be that they had their facts straight. Sounds like Buzzfeed News is pretty solid these days: By 2018 Buzzfeed News won the National Magazine Award and the George Polk Award, and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the Michael Kelly Award. You don't get awards like those without solid reporters, editors and fact-checkers.

[klook]

5. +1

I still want to see more before getting too excited, but I agree with your post.

[hlthe2b]

6. Not to mention that having been badly burned years ago would, in most cases, make him very cautious

[uponit7771]

10. +1, here's praying they have some of the documented evidence available

[blogslut]

7. Buzzfeed's news division is tight.

And I say that as someone who did not like the site's editor (Ben Smith) when he was a reporter for Politico. When Smith got the job running the news dept for Buzzfeed, I was crazy skeptical. Then they hired a really great reporter named John Stanton and I began soften my views about Buzzfeed and Ben Smith. I have yet to be disappointed in the quality of their hard news division.

[11cents]

8. My understanding is that Leopold's past misdeeds, in the late 1990s/early 2000s....

....were the result of mental and/or substance abuse problems, and that this is well-known to other journalists. If he's since overcome them and has a good track record for several years -- which seems to be the case -- then that would explain why he's been able to restore his reputation.

[oberliner]

11. What about 2006?

[LanternWaste]

12. Did Leopold report that anyone believing Roy Moore would lose the AL election was delusional?

I imagine if he did, his credibility would indeed, be shot out of the water, and anything he said afterwards subject to immediate disbelief.

[Kingofalldems]

14. Ouch.

[Kingofalldems]

15. How come Trump Boy Hogan Gidley won't answer the question?

Link to tweet

[boston bean]

9. I remember fitzmas.

[KayF]

13. how would they fact check this?

I think there's a real risk of being burned.