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Selfie sticks—long, handheld poles used to capture that perfect photo of oneself—are among the list of items banned at some of this year’s most popular music festivals, including Coachella and Lollapalooza.

As Ted Cruz announced his 2016 presidential campaign Monday, BuzzFeed had three reporters scour the records for everything and anything they could find to throw at Cruz—that is, Rafael Cruz, Ted’s father.

Gov. Bobby Jindal (R-LA) is slamming ads, paid for by Common Core proponents, that are on the air in Iowa. Jindal says the commercials provide political cover for Jeb Bush, who has been a champion of the controversial standards.

While more than 30 women have now accused comedian Bill Cosby of some form of sexual impropriety, his latest alleged victim claims that in addition to the use of drugs and alcohol as aphrodisiacs, Dr. Huxtable got weird with breakfast food.

Office supply retailer Staples is pushing back against President Obama, after he attacked the company’s stance on part-timers and ObamaCare.

President Obama visited Vox.com’s Ezra Klein to talk about the state of the nation, and the result is a video replete with cloying graphics, cutesy mood music, and talk of wealth redistribution.

If we learned anything from the UVA rape story, it’s that serious allegations of rape still have to be backed up by evidence. Wednesday, Buzzfeed looked for “hard evidence” connecting Bill Clinton to billionaire sex-offender Jeffrey Epstein and found it lacking.

Some folks over at Buzzfeed may have been hitting the Buzz-weiser a bit too much, given the buildup to this non-story.

Radio host Hugh Hewitt asked Buzzfeed Editor-in-Chief Ben Smith whether the website was engaged in “tabloid” reporting in an interview set to broadcast on Wednesday’s “Hugh Hewitt Show.” The discussion centered on a piece that Hewitt said was originally titled “Dead

On Tuesday, former Florida governor Jeb Bush announced via Facebook that he would “actively explore” a presidential run – in other words, Bush announced that he would be entering the 2016 primary sweepstakes. His early jump effectively bars the candidacies

In a lengthy BuzzFeed essay published Tuesday, feminist powerhouse Lena Dunham described as a “surreal coincidence” the fact that a number of details in her non-fiction memoir point to an innocent man as her rapist. “[A]ny resemblance to a person

The Islamic State terror group has put a price on the severed body of deceased American James Foley, asking for $1 million dollars in order to deliver his remains. BuzzFeed reports that three ISIS middlemen have reached out to the

In her new memoir, Not That Kind of Girl, Lena Dunham exposed graphic details of a “mustachioed Republican,” who she referred to only as “Barry,” claiming that he raped her while she attended Oberlin College in Ohio. Dunham, while admitting to

According to a statement released Tuesday by Barry One’s attorney Aaron Minc, they have been “contacting Random House and Ms. Dunham since October 6, 2014, seeking an apology and exoneration.” It was only this week that Random House finally exonerated

NEW YORK (AP) — A section from Lena Dunham’s “Not That Kind of Girl” that recounts an alleged assault while she was in college is being changed to make clear that the assailant’s name is a pseudonym. Random House announced

Lena Dunham writes an essay for BuzzFeed responding to the controversy over a passage from her memoir describing a sexual assault during her college years. It has been almost a decade since I was sexually assaulted. It took me a

HOUSTON, Texas — A crackdown by Mexican immigration officials along the nation’s southern border appears to have yielded major results before the U.S. 2014 midterm elections.  Amid the U.S. border crisis of summer 2014, Mexico implemented an initiative along its southern

Delhi’s government on Monday banned Uber from operating in the Indian capital after a passenger accused one of its drivers of rape, dealing a fresh blow to the online taxi company’s public image. The popular but controversial service has come

Reports of the New Republic‘s death have been greatly understated–and more than a half-century late.   The decision of boy-millionaire Chris Hughes to jettison editors, relocate from Washington to New York, and recast the biggest of the Little Magazines as,

The implosion of The New Republic, pending its move to New York and re-establishment as a “digital media” company, has consumed much of the political commentariat in recent days. The change is deeply mourned by former editors and writers for

“Who run the world?” asks Beyoncé in her recent hit song, before answering unequivocally: “Girls.” Her record was the first many had heard of this change of leadership–but it makes you think, doesn’t it? What would the world be like

The Uber ride-sharing app suffered its first U.S. state-wide ban last week when a Washoe County, Nevada court made a preliminary ruling that the company operates “in all ways” like a taxi business. Uber suspended all operations in Nevada and

I like to read books, but I really love to give books. They’re easy to wrap. They’re usually under $20. They can be shared with others. Most importantly, buying them supports people I like.  Finding Mr. Righteous by Lisa De

Michael Sam made news earlier this year by becoming the first openly gay NFL football player but only a short time later he was cut from the St. Louis Rams and shortly after that the Dallas Cowboys. Now, GQ magazine

The fallout is still mounting over the November 17 BuzzFeed piece alleging that an executive of Uber said that his company should do opposition research on recalcitrant journalists and release their personal information to the public. But now the scrutiny

On Monday night, Ben Smith’s BuzzFeed ran a lengthy hit piece against car service Uber. Smith smacked around senior Uber executive Emil Michael for supposedly claiming seriously that Uber would monitor the private lives of journalists: A senior executive at

A few days ago, BuzzFeed’s Ben Smith had a big scoop revealing that a senior Uber executive thought it would be a good idea to do opposition research on journalists and expose their private information to the public. But it

Wednesday on Bloomberg TV’ “Bloomberg West,” PandoDaily Founder and Editor-In-Chief Sarah Lacy detailed recent stories about Uber executive Emil Michael’s commnets at a dinner with prominent journalists that Uber had plan to hire top opposition researchers and go after journalists families

The United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) cabinet approved a comprehensive list of 83 designated terrorist organizations Saturday, the WAM Emirates News Agency reports. The list includes various al-Qaeda affiliates and the Islamic State. But the UAE also considers the Muslim Brotherhood and

Senior Uber executive Emil Michael thought it would be a good idea to dig up personal information on journalists who oppose the Uber empire and publish it–with focus on a particular female journalist–but later “apologized” for his suggestion of such

In an appearance at the Story Co., IA Democratic Party’s fall barbecue last week held in his honor, outgoing Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA) remarked on Republican senate hopeful Jodi Ernst’s late rally headed into Election Day showing her with a

The Sutton Trust, an influential education charity, yesterday released a report written by academics at Durham University that praises traditional teaching methods, entitled What makes great teaching? The report’s author, Professor Robert Coe, has led calls for teachers to reject

Ben Smith’s BuzzFeed Politics has been itching to fabricate a game-changer gotcha that might save the Senate for President Obama. Twice in two weeks these fabrications have blown up in BuzzFeed’s face, resulting in heckles even from BuzzFeed’s ideological soul-mates

Before the digital ink could begin to dry on BuzzFeed’s attempt to redefine plagiarism with a hit against Iowa Republican candidate Joni Ernst, reporters from left-wing outlets such as the New York Times and Politico were shrugging the BuzzFeed article

Immigration activists unexpectedly took the stage with Sen. Kay Hagan (D-NC) to protest her for not being pro-amnesty enough at a campaign event Sunday, according to a Buzzfeed report.  While Hagan supported the Senate immigration bill that would have provided

GOP leaders are clamoring behind the scenes to massively increase the number of guest-worker visas for high-tech companies if Republicans control Congress after the midterms. According to The Hill, Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) recently said that “there is agreement on