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That's how the first amendment works for public figures. And it's not as if gawker doesn't regularly break important news -- viz the crack mayor, Chris Lee / r
by x0x0 10y ago
That's how the first amendment works for public figures.
And it's not as if gawker doesn't regularly break important news -- viz the crack mayor, Chris Lee / republicans cruising for strange, etc.
- nailer 10y agoNobody was trying to stop Gawker from breaking important news, or any other kind of news. That's a false narrative driven by journalists who want to be able to do anything without oversight. The issue wasn't that Gawker published that Hogan wasn't having an affair. Again: the story wasn't the issue. The story didn't go to trial. The jury was not deciding whether Gawker had a right to publish the story. The issue was Gawker publishing a sex tape to go with the story.
- x0x0 10y agoYou're disingenuous -- you merely have to read comments in this very thread to see dozens of people who want to prevent Gawker from breaking news. The sex tape was apparently legal as under first amendment law as understood by lawyers at the time gawker published it.