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I'm liking this argument that "gawker bloggers aren't journalists" so much that it seems to negate the contradiction of Thiel preaching press-freedom yet financ
by tomc1985 10y ago
I'm liking this argument that "gawker bloggers aren't journalists" so much that it seems to negate the contradiction of Thiel preaching press-freedom yet financing lawsuits against a press outlet.
Of course, factoring out my biases, this is troubling. But who is foolish enough to think that this sort of thing doesn't happen in tech? Most of the big names got there through backstabbing
- dragonwriter 10y agoJournalists aren't a special class. Freedom of the press either belongs to everyone, or its a tool of tyranny and elite oppression rather than freedom. You can argue that what Gawker has done is outside the scope of press freedom, but not that there is some group of individuals to whom press freedom is unavailable.