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“Nobody Speak”: The Gawker vs. Hulk Hogan trial will change how you see the case
- acconrad 9y agoI just saw this show up on Netflix even though it has been out since the beginning of the year, but now it's giving me all sorts of doubts. Part of me thinks this is clearly being peddled by the Gawker folks to give them a better image and look like they were the victims. And given the previous discussions (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12203821 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12203821) (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12203821 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12203821) on here, that seems like a plausible explanation. The other thought has to do with the discussion on our mixed feelings after Peter Thiel funded the case (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12293870 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12293870). And this filmmaker, Knappenberger, has done documentaries about HN darlings such as Aaron Swartz. So on the other side, we have someone who is creating a film who has a level of credibility who is taking an interesting stance on seemingly empathizing with Gawker, and raising more questions about the precarious nature of the 1st Amendment. I'm genuinely curious to hear what people think on here, particularly because when all of this was happening in real time, the sentiment seemed to be heavily anti-Gawker and then neutral-to-negative when Thiel was involved. It's making it very hard for me to discern what is going on in our media landscape and who is really to blame.
- danielvf 9y agoGawker published a video of someone having sex, that was recorded without their consent. They then refused to take it down when ordered by a Federal judge. That's almost as scummy as it gets. They deserved to loose the court case, and made it much worse by ignoring the judge. The only surprise was the amount of the damages awarded.