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points by dghlsakjg 3 hours ago | 0 comments

Like so much in today’s world, this is kinda Peter thiel’s fault.

He bankrolled the Hulk Hogan lawsuit against Gawker as revenge because they reported on him being gay. The judgement forced gawker into bankruptcy where it was scooped up by private equity. The new managers gutted the place and forced the writers and editors to publish clickbait garbage instead of doing journalism.

That’s why Gizmodo looks nothing like what you remember.

[–] justinhj 2 hours ago

Journalism like publishing private sexual encounters that were secretly recorded and called it news?

[–] 0c3ca83 2 hours ago

I forgot that freedom of the press only applies when you personally approve of what they're printing.

[–] latexr 2 hours ago

Freedom of the press, like freedom of speech, applies specifically to government intervention. As a private citizen, you are free to dislike or disapprove of what is being reported. That’s all your parent comment did, they didn’t call for censorship or infringing on freedom of the press, they simply displayed discontent with one case of tabloid-like news.

[–] 0c3ca83 1 hour ago

Right, I forgot that the press needs to conform to your preferences on what they publish. It also slipped my mind that the court system wasn't government run.

Unless you're asserting that you're the government?