BuzzFeed's Baltimore Report Gets a Correction

An update over 'dishonest interviews'

BuzzFeed has added an editor's note to a story posted Wednesday night to reflect doubts about the story's sources. "The people interviewed in this story have since claimed online they were dishonest in interviews," the note reads. "BuzzFeed cannot verify the accuracy of their statements or their involvement."

The story, A Racist Gamer Group Has Been Posing As Baltimore Looters On Twitter, focuses on a group called ColorCabal, which BuzzFeed reports is using social media—and the hashtag #BaltimoreLootCrew—to spread old photos, claiming they are Baltimore looters, bragging about taking advantage of rioting in the city to steal.

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