Gawker shutting down

[Indy Texas]

Wow, you all think it's perfectly fine for misanthropic billionaires to put journalists out of business for daring to write things they disagree with.

Get on board the Trump Train and his pledge to "open up the libel laws."

[Indy Texas]

Wow, you all think it's perfectly fine for misanthropic billionaires to put journalists out of business for daring to write things they disagree with.

Except that's not what happened at all.

Yes it is.

Peter Thiel is just bitter that Gawker "outed" him years ago and used the fact that POS Hulk Hogan irresponsibly made a sex tape that was leaked as pretext to get his revenge.

[Indy Texas]

Wow, you all think it's perfectly fine for misanthropic billionaires to put journalists out of business for daring to write things they disagree with.

Get on board the Trump Train and his pledge to "open up the libel laws."

Gawker isn't journalism so much as it is a smear machine.

How is providing factual information "smearing"?

The First Amendment allows you to tell the ugly truth.

[Indy Texas]

That sex tape was recorded and released without Hogan's consent or knowledge and the courts already ruled that Gawker was wrong for sharing it.  It's a matter of privacy.  Why does terrible journalism deserve any sympathy?

Sounds like the fault lies with the person who filmed him and released the tape. Once the tape is out there, why should others have to ask for "permission" to acknowledge that it exists?

Are you suggesting that journalists who covered Marion Barry doing cocaine on tape should have been sued because he was being filmed without his knowledge or permission?

[Indy Texas]

The reason Thiel had a grudge against Gawker is perfectly valid, they outed him without his consent. And they have outed plenty of other gays for years quite irresponsibly. Yeah, good riddance.

I think Peter Thiel's sexual orientation is very much a public matter when he supports the Republican Party, one of the most virulently anti-gay parties in the West.

Exposing the hypocrisy of the rich and powerful is what journalists have always done.

[Indy Texas]

The reason Thiel had a grudge against Gawker is perfectly valid, they outed him without his consent. And they have outed plenty of other gays for years quite irresponsibly. Yeah, good riddance.

I think Peter Thiel's sexual orientation is very much a public matter when he supports the Republican Party, one of the most virulently anti-gay parties in the West.

Exposing the hypocrisy of the rich and powerful is what journalists have always done.

Yes, so virulently anti-gay that Peter Thiel spoke at their convention and received a massive standing ovation when he took on the said party's stance on LBGT issues to their (read, Cruz delegates) faces.

Peter Thiel is perfectly fine with being treated like a second-class citizen regarding his sexuality as long as he gets to pay as little tax as humanly possible. Peter Thiel sees himself as a One Percenter/Maker/John Galt first and foremost. Of course the Republicans will tolerate that kind of gay person - he's rich and white and male, so three out of four ain't bad.