I'm not arguing against a free press, and I agree that it would be terrible if this was happening to real journalists. But ... in this case, Gawker caused dama

I'm not arguing against a free press, and I agree that it would be terrible if this was happening to real journalists. But ... in this case, Gawker caused damage to a person, but could be sued for libel because it was true. If you're going to fight dirty, you should be prepared for your opponent to fight back dirty. You also have to question whether the main-stream media (which is tentatively hanging on to a business model), isn't already controlled by rich individuals. This article's main thrust was that we don't want a world where the media is constrained by the rich using the legal system, but the rich already constrain the media economically.