What do you call 250 leftwing journalists on food stamps? A good start.

Yesterday the corporate ax fell at BuzzFeed and at Verizon Media (which includes HuffPost, AOL and Yahoo News among others) and about 1,000 people were laid off. BuzzFeed reportedly shed 215 staff and at least 20 were at Huffington Post. Let’s take a moment and appreciate the damage to the Republic that will come from missing these voices. Think of the critical stories that won’t be covered:

https://twitter.com/ESGoldberg/status/1088769946786689025

Think of the loss of talent and perspective

HuffPo just laid off their entire public health team as a new Ebola outbreak begins. Also, lots of criminal justice, poverty, and environmental justice reporters who were covering the shutdown. You should hire and/or follow them. https://t.co/u1Uov2Bite

— Erinn O'Dear (@erinnthered) January 24, 2019

https://twitter.com/1791L/status/1088612023410221057

https://twitter.com/RobProvince/status/1088617968131604481

It might appear uncharitable but there’s a reason why many Americans aren’t too concerned with the latest woke media layoffs. Exhibit 9005 pic.twitter.com/jZ6hESfXHb

— Rita Panahi (@RitaPanahi) January 24, 2019

With a PhD in Romantic Comedy, this one shouldn't have a hard time finding another job… pic.twitter.com/KNWc2Qnc7f

— Lester Jenkins (@lesterjenkins) January 25, 2019

Wait, wait, you can get a Ph.D. in romantic comedies?

Guess HuffPo didn’t care about diversity enough pic.twitter.com/BuXpsckhz4

— Ashe Schow (@AsheSchow) January 25, 2019

Yeah – "real journalists" can't gloat over other journalists getting laid off.

"Real journalists" just get happy when they were never hired in the first place, due to their race or sex, and not at all due to their skill level.

Isn't that right, Chloe? How's HuffPo Opinion now? pic.twitter.com/oIfS8qnTMR

— Jeremiah Harding 🌐 (@InsanityIsFree) January 25, 2019

https://twitter.com/Oil_Guns_Merica/status/1088503786065330176

https://twitter.com/LDoren/status/1088615561364426752

When you look at this collection of crap you are left with one of two thoughts: a) WTF were they thinking when they hired this person or b) this person should never work again. In some cases, there is c) both.

While there isn’t a lot of info on the cuts at BuzzFeed, the HuffPo cuts were mostly from the elimination of the “opinion” and “health” sections with, presumably, some deadwood tossed in for good measure. It isn’t hard to see why these SJWs were eliminated. Opinions, as they say, are like rectums because everyone has one and while the collection of assclowns writing opinions for HuffPo might have been uniquely unqualified to even have opinions about anything they weren’t providing anything that can’t be seen on CNN or read on the front page of the New York Times. Their medical reporting gave superficial a bad name. Issues, like Ebola, are covered much better by other outlets who actually know what they are writing about. Basically, the organizations cut were those that no one read and seemed to exist solely for the ability of the people to engage in virtue signaling.

Blowing up this sinecure for political extremists is not only good for the corporate bottom line, it is good for society and for the nation. The bonus here is that those of this group who are actually able to find employment probably aren’t going to be writing opinion for a living.

But there is hope. Maybe they can take their own advice and learn to code.

Um, no. This is what you assholes told coal miners when Obama put them out of work, and now it’s being lobbed back at you. https://t.co/JOsylKa9gP

— American Journalists Publish Chinese Propaganda (@JohnEkdahl) January 25, 2019

https://twitter.com/bypatrickgeorge/status/1088570707544629249

Really? Apparently HuffPo thought it was a thing.

Has anyone told the Huffpo writers who've been laid off? https://t.co/plHd8Zakrf

— FilmLadd (@FilmLadd) January 25, 2019

or

Just read the BuzzFeed and HuffPo news. When the layoffs come down, hit up my DMs, they’re open. We’ll find writing opportunities for those we can, at least to cushion the landing.

— Seth Mandel (@SethAMandel) January 24, 2019

=========
=========
Like what you see? Then visit my story archive.
Follow @streiffredstate
I’m on Facebook. Drop by and join the fun there.
=========
=========