BuzzFeed’s Editor-in-Chief ‘accidentally’ tweeted private DMs that could ruin someone’s career

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by Sindy Cator on August 7, 2015 at 12:21 pm

BuzzFeed’s Editor-In-Chief, Ben Smith, tweeted a screenshot of a private DM conversation between him and a reporter at The Intercept earlier today. In that exchange of messages, the reporter revealed that they are leaving the publication and inquired about jobs at BuzzFeed. The leaked DMs from BuzzFeed’s Editor-in-Chief blurred obviously @brokenbottleboy it was accidental, and I'm an idiot. — Ben Smith (@BuzzFeedBen) August 7, 2015 Smith told me, via public Twitter replies, that he posted the image by ‘accident’ and cannot find the screenshot on his phone. He followed up by correcting his initial assertion, having found the offending screenshot. @brokenbottleboy…