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IMO, sharing the Hulk Hogan tape (where he might have been filmed without his consent) is logically equivalent to sharing the Erin Andrews video where she was f

IMO, sharing the Hulk Hogan tape (where he might have been filmed without his consent) is logically equivalent to sharing the Erin Andrews video where she was filmed in a hotel room without her consent. Would Gawker have been crucified if they had published that video and bragged about it? Why is the Hulk Hogan case being treated differently by people?

deelowe 11y ago
Well, for one Gawker was heavily criticizing the fappening fiasco at the same time. Their stance was extremely hypocritical, which is typical of them. That said, the most damning item isn't that they posted the video. It's that they violated a court order to take it down.
- parennoob 11y ago
  > That said, the most damning item isn't that they posted the video This might be true from a legal standpoint, but from a practical/moral one I think that is the most damning thing. I can't recall of any other time a major news publication put tapes about anyone's private life and snarkily tried to push it as news.
  - deelowe 11y ago
    I meant damning as-in shows their character/disregard for the issue at hand.
Kristine1975 11y ago
>Would Gawker have been crucified if they had published that video and bragged about it? I would hope so. Also interesting: http://money.cnn.com/2016/03/04/media/hulk-hogan-gawker-jury-seated/ http://money.cnn.com/2016/03/04/media/hulk-hogan-gawker-jury... A judge ruled Friday in St. Petersburg, Florida, that Hogan's legal team won't be able to cite Andrews' ongoing case in his defense.
- Delmania 11y ago
  Even more: > On March 7, 2016, after a two week trial, the jury awarded Erin Andrews $55 million in her civil lawsuit over the secret recording and release of a video showing her naked during a hotel stay.[38] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erin_Andrews https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erin_Andrews I'm confused as to what the difference between these 2 cases are?
  - wsha 11y ago
    Well, to answer your question literally, some differences are - The Andrews suit was against the people responsible for the recording while the Gawker suit is against the people who posted the video - as a public figure Hulk Hogan has often discussed his sex life whereas Andrews has never made that part of her public life - Andrews clearly had no knowledge of the tape. Hulk Hogan claims he didn't either though that fact is somewhat disputed. Apparently, Hogan made some racist comments in parts of the video that Gawker did not post and those comments have hurt Hogan's career. It did not seem like the part Gawker posted had affected his career much either way before that, though it is hard to assess emotional distress. In Andrews' case, the emotional distress argument is much compelling in my opinion. Her job as a sports reporter involves constant travel and she now feels much less safe staying at hotels knowing that she has stalkers following her and hotel staff that are willing to help those stalkers get close to her.
- parennoob 11y ago
  Now that the Andrews case is concluded, I wonder if Hogan's team will be able to cite it at the inevitable appeal.

deelowe 11y ago

Well, for one Gawker was heavily criticizing the fappening fiasco at the same time. Their stance was extremely hypocritical, which is typical of them. That said, the most damning item isn't that they posted the video. It's that they violated a court order to take it down.

parennoob 11y ago
> That said, the most damning item isn't that they posted the video This might be true from a legal standpoint, but from a practical/moral one I think that is the most damning thing. I can't recall of any other time a major news publication put tapes about anyone's private life and snarkily tried to push it as news.
- deelowe 11y ago
  I meant damning as-in shows their character/disregard for the issue at hand.

Kristine1975 11y ago

>Would Gawker have been crucified if they had published that video and bragged about it? I would hope so. Also interesting: http://money.cnn.com/2016/03/04/media/hulk-hogan-gawker-jury-seated/ http://money.cnn.com/2016/03/04/media/hulk-hogan-gawker-jury... A judge ruled Friday in St. Petersburg, Florida, that Hogan's legal team won't be able to cite Andrews' ongoing case in his defense.

Delmania 11y ago
Even more: > On March 7, 2016, after a two week trial, the jury awarded Erin Andrews $55 million in her civil lawsuit over the secret recording and release of a video showing her naked during a hotel stay.[38] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erin_Andrews https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erin_Andrews I'm confused as to what the difference between these 2 cases are?
- wsha 11y ago
  Well, to answer your question literally, some differences are - The Andrews suit was against the people responsible for the recording while the Gawker suit is against the people who posted the video - as a public figure Hulk Hogan has often discussed his sex life whereas Andrews has never made that part of her public life - Andrews clearly had no knowledge of the tape. Hulk Hogan claims he didn't either though that fact is somewhat disputed. Apparently, Hogan made some racist comments in parts of the video that Gawker did not post and those comments have hurt Hogan's career. It did not seem like the part Gawker posted had affected his career much either way before that, though it is hard to assess emotional distress. In Andrews' case, the emotional distress argument is much compelling in my opinion. Her job as a sports reporter involves constant travel and she now feels much less safe staying at hotels knowing that she has stalkers following her and hotel staff that are willing to help those stalkers get close to her.
parennoob 11y ago
Now that the Andrews case is concluded, I wonder if Hogan's team will be able to cite it at the inevitable appeal.