New Buzzfeed Stakeholder Ramaswamy Tells Site To Hire Extremists Candace Owens, Tucker Carlson, Others

The Hill reports:

The conservative entrepreneur now owns an 8.37 percent stake in BuzzFeed, making him the second-largest Class A shareholder in the company, according to the letter.

The former GOP candidate urged BuzzFeed in Monday’s letter to invest in talent from “across the political and cultural spectrum,” such as conservative commentators Candace Owens and Tucker Carlson, as well as NFL player Aaron Rodgers, who has been known to dabble in conspiracy theories.

Ramaswamy also called on BuzzFeed to admit that it “repeatedly lied on issues of national importance, and so did the rest of the media” and urged the company to add three new directors to the board to increase “intellectual diversity” in its leadership.

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