#Buzzfeed’s tasteless humor makes it an unlikely hero for #free_speech in #India - Quartz
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In an environment as repressive as this, what Buzzfeed brings to Indian media is not sophistication or incisive commentary, but a fearlessness and irreverence rarely seen in the domestic press. (...)
“Buzzfeed is a news and entertainment website. We are not activists,” says Jha. “All we’re tyring to do is create something readers will enjoy. As it happens, right now our readers are enjoying ballsy, irreverent content.”