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Peter Thiel On Valleywag; It’s the "Silicon Valley Equivalent of Al Qaeda"
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- ivankirigin 17y agoValleywag kills people? Surely a libertarian like Thiel should navigate the difference between a bad newspaper and violence with a bit more subtlety.
- byrneseyeview 17y agoHe was talking about their general tactic (using fear as leverage). The analogy doesn't seem to go any further than that.
- ivankirigin 17y agoI would call that a characteristic of the press in general. And politicians. And marketers. It's a horrible analogy.
- jonknee 17y agoHardly. There's already a perfect parallel--celeb gossip sites like TMZ. Except they are way more hardcore, you don't see Peter Thiel getting paparazzi attention 24/7.
- dschobel 17y agoYikes, what an embarrassing quote. Apparently he doesn't need ValleyWag around to make him look foolish.