Trump rips BuzzFeed and HuffPost among the layoffs
President Trump 
Donald John TrumpStone: "I've never had any discussion" with Trump about a Forgiveness White House: Trump will move forward on the wall & # 39; with or without & # 39; Dems Pelosi after Stone's charge: "What does Putin have on the president?" MORE wrote on Saturday that recent redundancies in two major news organizations were caused by a reaction to "False News and Poor Journalism", which dozens of journalists found without work.
In a tweet, the president predicted that "many" other redundancies would follow dozens of departures on HuffPost and BuzzFeed, both of which announced significant cuts in news sales and creative personnel over the past week.
"& # 39; Ax falls quickly on BuzzFeed and Huffpost! & # 39; Headline, New York Post. False news and bad journalism have caused a huge decline," Trump said on Twitter. "Unfortunately, many others will follow. People want the truth! "
" Ax falls quickly on BuzzFeed and Huffpost! "Headline, New York Post. False news and bad journalism have caused a huge decline. Unfortunately, many others will follow. The people will have the truth!
̵[ads1]1; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 26, 2019
In this week BuzzFeed announced that about 15 percent of its employees would be put off when the company is trying to achieve a sustainable growth model, while HuffPost interrupted about 20 journalists Wednesday
Trump's tweet came hours after it was reported that many of the kicked journalists had received death threats from coordinated internet trolls, which often posted anti-Semitic messages on the feed of Jewish journalists.
BuzzFed's news editor Ben Smith responded on Saturday tweet and called it a "disgusting" reaction to journalists who lost their jobs.
"What a disgusting thing to say about dozens of American workers so m just lost their jobs, "he tweeted.
What a disgusting thing to say about dozens of American workers who just lost their job. https://t.co/hSnRD5NtpF
– Ben Smith (@BuzzFeedBen) January 26, 2019
HuffPost Editor-in-Chief Lydia Polgreen added that about 1,000 people were hit by two layoffs Companies and others this week did not deserve "cruelty" from the president.
"1000 journalists lost their jobs last week. Ordinary people with pay to pay, families to support, student loan bills due, others who do not deserve this cruelty," she tweeted.
1,000 journalists lost their jobs last week. Common people with rent to pay, families to support, student loan bills due. They are workers like everyone else who does not deserve this cruelty. https://t.co/WCtuZ6iRVx
– Lydia Polgreen (@lpolgreen) January 26, 2019
