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• NotSammyHagar 10y ago
  Bronz, I assume you are serious. You could claim that every time the NY Times writes an article about a tragedy, they are taking advantage of it. Showing someone having sex who doesn't want that to be public is awful. But trying to get clicks (and get money from advertisers who pay per click) is little different than newspapers, in my opinion. It's a higher goal to try to inform, but in the end you are both selling advertising (and the subscription).
  • bronz 10y ago
    i mean, there is indeed a trend in the news industry today to exploit tragedies for ad money. im not ok with that either. but obviously gawker took exploitation to an entirely other level which is the source of my outrage.