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Launched in 2005 as a liberal answer to the Drudge Report, HuffPost grew into one of the largest news sites on the web before a series of ownership changes. It now sits under BuzzFeed and mixes original political reporting with aggregation and lifestyle content.
Supporters point to a genuine Washington reporting operation that has broken national stories. Critics argue the newsroom's serious work is undercut by the traffic-driven material surrounding it, and that its opinion section has never made much effort to represent a conservative view.