CEO Jonah Peretti pushed back on rightwing Trumpist, saying he had āfundamental misunderstandingsā about the business
Vivek Ramaswamy, the former US Republican presidential candidate, urged BuzzFeed to cut staff and hire conservative commentators like Tucker Carlson after building a stake in the struggling online media firm.
In response Jonah Peretti, BuzzFeedās co-founder and CEO, claimed Ramaswamy had āsome fundamental misunderstandingsā about its business, but offered to meet with him.
Ramaswamy, a prominent rightwing supporter of Donald Trump and frequent media critic, now owns 8.4% of BuzzFeed afterĀ disclosing his investmentĀ last week.
Vivek:
"Ack! Ack ack ACK!!
Buzzfeed:
āVivek, we are not doing that. Please stop this nonsense and go home.ā
Vivek:
āAck. Ack ack.ā
puts on giant hat and goes home