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>Remember News International phone hacking Did they hack Hogans phone to get the tape? >Gawker says it received the Hogan sex tape anonymously on a DVD in the
by thatcat 10y ago
>Remember News International phone hacking
Did they hack Hogans phone to get the tape?
>Gawker says it received the Hogan sex tape anonymously on a DVD in the mail [0]
People are defending Gawker because outing Peter Thiel wasn't illegal and the First Amendment is specific about celebrities personal lives being news worthy. Hogan's a public figure by his own choice and the story was true, it's not even really a case worth trying.
The fact that Thiel can bleed a publisher until it goes out of business for hurting his feelings shows how unfortunately fragile the first amendment has become.
[0] http://www.wired.com/2016/03/hulk-hogans-nsfw-gawker-suit-free-speech-battle-royale/ http://www.wired.com/2016/03/hulk-hogans-nsfw-gawker-suit-fr...