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Poynter: The Washington Post has lately taken to trumpeting its increasing traffic figures on a semi-regular basis. Now comes this eye-popping announcement: Not only did the paper maintain its lead over the New York Times in February, it’s even surpassed web giant BuzzFeed in terms of total page views. So has the Post really surpassed BuzzFeed in terms of total audience? It’s impossible to tell by looking at the comScore numbers the paper provides.