I agree that the Anthony Weiner case is similar, but there's also a very different argument in play with publishing those photos. A public official exposed beh

I agree that the Anthony Weiner case is similar, but there's also a very different argument in play with publishing those photos. A public official exposed behaving inapropriately or hypocritically is much more obviously a matter of public interest -- to the people who elected him based on a different representation of values -- than exposing the inner workings of an entertainer's sex life. Gawker tried to stake their claim on the public interest basis in this case and lost. In my opinion, that decision was correct. I also wish that sex scandals didn't have power over political careers because of the perverse incentives that it creates for politicians to behave in certain ways. Weiner also could have sued over his photos, and possibly should have been able to win his case. To me, if he does the job that he's elected to do then it shouldn't matter what he does on his own time. With the caveats that those actions are within the law, and also that I did not and would not ever vote for him. Even if Weiner had sued it wouldn't have changed the course of his scandal, based on what we've seen in other cases. Look how long it has taken for Hogan's case to be adjudicated, and it has hardly wiped the memory of his sex tape from the public consciousness.