Ex-BuzzFeed Editor Fired For Plagiarism Gets Second Chance At Conservative National Review

[DonViejo]

By TOM KLUDT Published SEPTEMBER 6, 2014, 12:17 PM EDT

A little more than a month after he lost his job at BuzzFeed for widespread plagiarism, Benny Johnson has landed on his feet at National Review.

Politico's Mike Allen reported Saturday that Johnson will begin his work as social media director at the conservative outlet next week.

The role and the venue both make sense for Johnson.

As the viral politics editor at BuzzFeed, Johnson was tasked with producing clicky posts on topics such as George H.W. Bush's sock preferences and John McCain's "adorable" first mention of Twitter on the Senate floor.

Before joining the viral media giant in late-2012, Johnson worked in conservative media, writing for the likes of The Blaze and Breitbart.

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[louis-t]

1. Frickin' perfect.

[Cooley Hurd]

2. RW News. The landing pad for the losers who couldn't make their way...

...in the legitimate business due to their ingrained biases.

[Politicalboi]

3. Plagiarism is just another

Qualification into the GOP. Works for Rand Paul, why not this asshole.

[underpants]

4. They all basically plagiarize off each other

Whatever the latest talking point they all write articles on it (the Big Lie), some go on TV to repeat it, and then George Will spiffies it up with 3 fancy words and dons a bow tie to make it established fact, again, on TV.

Welcome to our bubble.