Ben Smith
Media Columnist
Ben Smith is the media columnist for the New York Times. He joined The New York Times in 2020 after eight years as founding editor in chief of BuzzFeed News. Before that, he covered politics for Politico, The New York Daily News, The New York Observer and The New York Sun.
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Ben Smith Distrusts Facebook, TikTok, and Poppy Seeds
The NY Times’ “Media Equation” columnist weighs in on how cable news might blow Election Night, tech platforms’ hopeless hunt for “fairness,” and Trump’s next move if he, y’know, loses.