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Gawker didn't try to extort Hulk Hogan or Peter Thiel. The situations aren't comparable.

• praneshp 8y ago
  Yeah, that was more open and shut (court orders them to do something, they refused. Play stupid games win stupid prizes)
• natechols 8y ago
  No, they went right ahead and published revenge porn.
  • buboard 8y ago
    still i believe most people consider extortion a graver crime
• RcouF1uZ4gsC 8y ago
  From the article: >I didn’t know much about most of that a few weeks ago when intimate texts messages from me were published in the National Enquirer. I engaged investigators to learn how those texts were obtained, and to determine the motives for the many unusual actions taken by the Enquirer. As it turns out, there are now several independent investigations looking into this matter. AMI showed up on Bezos's rader after they published his intimate text messages. Gawker showed up on Thiel's radar after they outed him. They both then went investigating to see if there was some illegal activity that these media companies were engaged in.