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Gawker in particular has really turned my stomach with their extreme dedication to exploring every possible facet of the leaked e-mails. Yes, they're a tabloid,
by skuhn 12y ago
Gawker in particular has really turned my stomach with their extreme dedication to exploring every possible facet of the leaked e-mails. Yes, they're a tabloid, but rumors and tips are one thing and stolen, personal communication is another.
I don't know how they would react if every e-mail sent or received by their mail server was made public and dissected. Maybe they would just laugh it off, but I'm sure there are a few they might prefer to hold on to.
- girvo 12y agoWere you truly surprised? Gawker and its affiliated publications are disgusting.
- skuhn 12y agoKind of. They periodically do despicable things (buying a stolen iPhone comes to mind), but there's enough of a lull inbetween that I sort of forget their true nature. I have to keep reading it for gems like this one: http://gawker.com/my-14-hour-search-for-the-end-of-tgi-fridays-endless-ap-1606122925 http://gawker.com/my-14-hour-search-for-the-end-of-tgi-frida... I don't really think their other sites are disgusting; gizmodo, io9, jalopnik and kotaku are pretty straightforward bloggy-newsy sites.
- girvo 12y agoIn my personal opinion, only io9 and Jalopnik aren't tarnished by the Gawker Media tabloid brush. Truly, I despise Gawker; ethics are just not a part of their corporate ethos, and for any company that purports to be made up of "journalists" that's just crap. That said, now places I used to rely on for news have fallen to the same level, so I suppose I'm just a bit bitter at this point.