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@BuzzFeedBen @BuzzFeed If you report what he says and point out inaccuracies, you don't have to label him at all.

@jjmacnab yeah, agree. but would you tell non-news staffers not to say it on Twitter?

@BuzzFeedBen If their names are linked to yours, yes. The public doesn't know which of your staff are news and which are non-news.

@jjmacnab I think it's unrealistic to tell a recipe developer, say, that she can't say true facts about Donald Trump on her Facebook page.

@BuzzFeedBen There's nothing stopping a recipe developer from having a personal account.

@jjmacnab we are talking about personal accounts here -- that's what the policy refers to.

@BuzzFeedBen Does the personal account refer to the recipe developer's affiliation with BuzzFeed?

If you're going to do it, you gotta own it. @BuzzFeedBen posts memo on Trump.https://twitter.com/buzzfeedben/status/674417675813019648 …

@davidfolkenflik I hope @ChrisCuomo reads and ponders. @MichaelOreskes too.

@jayrosen_nyu I'm a big believer in what I call earned conclusions - carrying no partisan brief but reported & grounded in fact.

@davidfolkenflik Right. Avoid drawing conclusions ungrounded by reporting: good. Avoid criticism by refusing to draw any conclusions: bad.

@existentialfish @jayrosen_nyu indeedhttps://twitter.com/davidfolkenflik/status/674386264024551424 …

@BuzzFeedBen @BuzzFeed "steer away"? Does that mean it's a kind of little bit OK to suggest that all Republicans are "mendacious racists"?

@royal_nonesuch @BuzzFeed no, it means what it says, which is the opposite of that.

@BuzzFeedBen @BuzzFeed Why not say something tougher like "refrain from" or "do not", etc.