Is the Huffington Post serious?

The Huffington Post (Huffpost for short) always attracts attention with unusual contributions. On this page we explain how serious the Huffington Post and its German edition are.

How serious is The Huffington Post?

• The Huffington Post started in 2005 as an online magazine in the United States and has an offshoot in many countries. The editor-in-chief is Lydia Polgreen, who previously worked for the renowned New York Times. In 2012, the Huffington Post even received the coveted Pulitzer Prize for the series of articles "Beyond the Battlefield" about wounded veterans.
• The principle of the Huffpost: Anyone can write articles, an editorial team then checks the articles and puts them online. Many commentaries, travel reports, but also classic news articles land on the Huffington Post website. An editorial team also creates editorial news.
• In this way, politicians, bloggers, freelance journalists, book authors and companies in particular frequently published articles at Huffpost. The Huffington Post is no longer a classic news medium. It brings together many more different (sometimes controversial) opinions and stimulates discussion. Whom the provocative articles are from is always included.

Huffington Post: That's why some doubt the seriousness

It is difficult to determine when a news site is dubious. Because seriousness is highly subjective. Here we give an insight into the arguments for and against the seriousness of the Huffpost articles:

• The Huffpost contains many opinions that are provocative. They sometimes contain lurid headings to get to the heart of the author's opinion. But dubious? These articles are clearly marked as comments. In the text itself there are often links to editorial news that look at the topic from an objective perspective.
• Large pictures and headings, similar to the BILD newspaper, are perceived by many as untrustworthy. However, this says nothing about the seriousness.
• Many Huffington Post articles revolve around great emotions, inspiring and crazy stories. But that's not new, because other newspapers and platforms have already done this - from the Süddeutsche Zeitung and ZEIT, to BILD and the Frankfurter Rundschau. The only new thing is that the titles and videos have been optimized for smartphones.
• Stephan Weichert explains and refutes more arguments in an article for the industry service Meedia.
• The German branch of the Huffpost works with FOCUS Online. It is the number 1 news website in Germany and, like CHIP Online, belongs to BurdaForward. So it's best to get a picture for yourself at "//www.huffingtonpost.de/". If you have any questions, the Huffington Post at " ".

In addition to the Huffpost, some online shops often have the reputation of being untrustworthy. We will show which shops are really serious in another article.