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Ben Smith is the media columnist for\xa0The New York Times.\xa0He was the founding editor-in-chief of\xa0BuzzFeed News.\n\u201dI do think there's some kind of personality flaw deep in there of wanting to like, you know, find stuff out and tell people.... I'm not sure that's a totally sane or healthy personality trait, but it is definitely, for me, a personality trait\u2026. I think that in political reporting, certainly, there's a kind of reporter who thinks that their job is basically to pull the masks off of these monsters. And I generally tend to think all these people\u2014with some exceptions\u2014are weird and complicated and often doing really awful things. But they aren't necessarily irredeemable or impossible to understand\u2026. They're interesting.\u201d\nShow notes:\n\n@benyt\n\nSmith on Longform\n\nSmith on Longform Podcast\n\nSmith's\xa0New York Times\xa0archive\n\nSmith's\xa0BuzzFeed News\xa0archive\n\n04:00\xa0"Goldman Sachs, Ozy Media and a $40 Million Conference Call Gone Wrong"\xa0(New York Times \u2022 Sept 2021)\n\n11:00\xa0"At Axel Springer, Politico\u2019s New Owner, Allegations of Sex, Lies and a Secret Payment"\xa0(New York Times \u2022 Oct 2021)\n\n11:00\xa0"Powerful German Newspaper Ousts Editor After Times Report on Workplace Behavior"\xa0(New York Times \u2022 Oct 2021)\n\n15:00\xa0"Uber Executive Suggests Digging Up Dirt On Journalists"\xa0(BuzzFeed News \u2022 Nov 2014)\n\n15:00\xa0"Starting Trouble With Times Media Columnist Ben Smith"\xa0(New York Magazine \u2022 Sept 2020)\n\n15:00\xa0"Chaos Theory: A Unified Theory of Muppet Types"\xa0(Dahlia Lithwick \u2022 Slate \u2022 Jun 2012)\n\n21:00\xa0"Postcard From Peru: Why the Morality Plays Inside The Times Won\u2019t Stop"\xa0(New York Times \u2022 Feb 2021)\n\n21:00\xa0"An Arrest in Canada Casts a Shadow on a New York Times Star"\xa0(New York Times \u2022 Oct 2020)\n\n22:00\xa0"What\u2019s Really Happening At The New York Times"\xa0(BuzzFeed \u2022 Nov 2019)\n\n23:00\xa0"Why the Success of The New York Times May Be Bad News for Journalism"\xa0(New York Times \u2022 Mar 2020)\n\n23:00\xa0"Exclusive: New York Times Editor Dean Baquet Has Been Running the Gray Lady from L.A."\xa0(Kali Hays \u2022 Los Angeles Magazine \u2022 July 2021)\n\n24:00\xa0"Why Hasn\u2019t the New York Times Made Ben Smith Sell His BuzzFeed Options Yet?"\xa0(Justin Peters \u2022 Slate \u2022 Oct 2021)\n\n27:00\xa0David Carr's\xa0New York Times\xa0archive\n\n\n33:00\xa0"Muslims Barred from Picture at Obama Event"\xa0(Politico \u2022 Jun 2008)\n\n36:00\xa0"Ghostwriting"\xa0(Alex Sujong Laughlin \u2022 Study Hall \u2022 Oct 2021)\n\n38:00\xa0"These Reports Allege Trump Has Deep Ties to Russia"\xa0(Ken Bensigner, Miriam Elder, Mark Schoofs \u2022 BuzzFeed News \u2022 Jan 2017)\n\n40:00\xa0Platformer\xa0(Casey Newton)\n\n40:00\xa0Garbage Day\xa0(Ryan Broderick)\n\n40:00\xa0Ask Polly\xa0(Heather Havrilesky)\n\n40:00\xa0Ask Molly\xa0(Heather Havrilesky)\n\n41:00\xa070 Over 70\xa0(Max Linsky \u2022 Pineapple Street Studios)\n\n41:00\xa0"What\u2019s the Key to a Good Life? Ask the People Who\u2019ve Lived Long Enough to Know."\xa0(Margaret Sullivan \u2022 The Washington Post \u2022 May 2021)\n\n\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices