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I would agree that left vs right isn't the best way to categorize the disagreements here, but I think its understandable that some people might think that 'the

by jshevek 10y ago

I would agree that left vs right isn't the best way to categorize the disagreements here, but I think its understandable that some people might think that 'the left' was championing Gawker. There were quite a few low brow leftist media outlets who jumped to Gawkers defense and tried to demonize Thiel.

nl 10y ago
Yeah, you might be right. Maybe there should be third axis in the left/right divide? Left|right|stupid.
basch 10y ago
>quite a few low brow leftist media outlets maybe a better explanation is that "aggregators" republish whatever is outrageous and visible that day. the "news" is an echo chamber of people that spend their day surfing reddit and ending their contributions to the fourth estate with h/t