| − | BuzzFeed's news division began in December 2011 when Peretti hired Ben Smith away from ''[[Politico]]'' as editor-in-chief to expand the site into long-form journalism and reporting.<ref>{{cite web|last=Stelter|first=Brian|url=http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/12/12/buzzfeed-adds-politico-writer/|title=BuzzFeed Adds Politico Writer|publisher=Mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com|date=December 12, 2011|accessdate=}}</ref> Smith came to fame in 2008 when he broke the story of [[Barack Obama]]'s [[communist]] connections beginning in the home of [[leftist]] celebrity [[terrorist]]s [[Bill Ayers]] and [[Bernardine Dohrn]] who hosted a fundraiser for the upcoming [[radical]].<ref>[http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0208/8630.html Obama once visited '60s radicals.], Ben Smith, Politico, February 22, 2008.</ref> | + | BuzzFeed's news division began in December 2011 when Peretti hired Ben Smith away from ''[[Politico]]'' as editor-in-chief to expand the site into long-form journalism and reporting.<ref>{{cite web|last=Stelter|first=Brian|url=http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/12/12/buzzfeed-adds-politico-writer/|title=BuzzFeed Adds Politico Writer|publisher=Mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com|date=December 12, 2011|accessdate=}}</ref> Smith came to fame in 2008 when he broke the story of [[Barack Obama]]'s [[communist]] connections beginning in the home of [[leftist]] celebrity [[terrorist]]s [[Bill Ayers]] and [[Bernardine Dohrn]] who hosted a fundraiser for the upcoming [[radical]].<ref>[https://www.politico.com/news/stories/0208/8630.html Obama once visited '60s radicals.], Ben Smith, Politico, February 22, 2008.</ref> |