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I'm pretty sure we can all agree he was being sarcastic and flippant after hours of being on the stand. I'm not making excuses, but the NY Post loves them a way

• tdurden 11y ago
  Totally agree on both points - but those kind of comments aren't going to score points with the jurors and influence the case.
• Crito 11y ago
  Of course it was a joke. But what sort of person, in that sort of situation, makes a joke like that? Forget the NYP completely and watch the video of how it played out on court. He comes off as a complete piece of shit.
  • skuhn 11y ago
    That one quip really embodies the entire case against Gawker I think. Daulerio was found personally liable as part of this verdict, and he had to know what the stakes were when he testified. By making himself look callous, unsympathic and irresponsible just to satisfy a fleeting desire to be sardonic he did himself zero favors with the jury. It's not about scoring a zinger against the opposing counsel. It's about putting across your narrative with the jury. I highly doubt Daulerio's legal counsel thought that narrative should be that he's just a grade-A asshole. No surprise that someone who couldn't keep it together when it really mattered to him in a deeply personal way can't be trusted to maintain journalistic integrity during the day-to-day operations of a site.