Ironically, Thiel and Hogan are also now being accused of unjust viciousness in connection with the case. "Valleywag is the Silicon Valley equivalent of al-Qaeda," Thiel said in 2009 of the Gawker network's now-defunct tech industry gossip blog. "I think they should be described as terrorists, not as writers or reporters." Thiel, who is openly gay now, had not revealed his sexuality publicly at the time - nor had a married media executive that Gawker similarly outed in 2015 by alleging he had arranged to meet a gay escort. The PayPal co-founder and early Facebook investor had been sparring with Gawker since 2007, when the site published an article called " Peter Thiel is totally gay, people." Silicon Valley billionaire Peter Thiel was famously discovered to have backed Hogan's lawsuit this year after a longstanding public hate-affair with Gawker Media. I think they've been punished severely for that." Haters and lovers "It's not like these are pure heroes or something like that - far from it," said Marche of the Gawker's more controversial choices. "They ran a lot of stories that I would have never run, and that I would consider completely unacceptable and unethical. Gawker's commitment to sharing its findings has earned it legions of fans over the years, but it's also seen the company blasted by hate - and rightfully so, some have argued. Donald Trump's hair might actually be a $60,000 weave.Calling out Buzzfeed for deleting content, allegedly to please sponsors.Resurfacing decades-old sexual assault allegations against Bill Cosby.Doxxing a vicious Reddit troll who promoted sexualized images of underage girls online.The Deadspin story about college football star Manti Te'o's "fake" girlfriend and the dangers of catfishing.Confirming the existence of Hillary Clinton's private email address.
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Perhaps most importantly, though, it's a champion for journalistic diligence. It's articulate without being arrogant, hyperbolic without being annoying, and it drips with as much honesty as it does wit and sarcasm. Gawker content has been called snarky, but it's also lauded for being clever. Gawker's editors penned a post earlier this year defending the often controversial site's legacy and journalistic integrity. What sets apart, aside from bold choices that sometimes result in lawsuits, is its unique editorial voice. Since its humble beginnings in 2002, the one-time New York City gossip site had evolved into a legitimate, widely cited source of breaking news and commentary. I think it will survive."Įven if you haven't visited a Gawker site, don't know any of its writers by name, or recognize trope in this article's headline, you've likely experienced the ripple effect of Gawker Media's impact on news and internet content - at least a little bit. "We're living in a world the manipulation of image is triumphant, and they took a decided stand against that," he said. " They pour sand on the grease: everybody being nice to each other, everyone hiring each other's children, this world of connections and Ivy League nonsense. While he doesn't support all of the outlet's choices, he admits that their "sheer guts" and "snark for its own sake" play an important role in today's media landscape. "What I really appreciate about Gawker is that they understood before anyone that celebrity was power," he told CBC News on Monday. "When you look at a person like Bill Cosby, that unexamined power that he inhabited enabled a huge amount of wrongdoing without any kind of examination from the press." Still, he defends the outlet's right to exist. However you feel about the website, freedom of the press is being destroyed w/cash- writer and Esquire columnist Stephen Marche penned one such reflection in a New York Times op-ed called "Gawker Smeared Me, and Yet I Stand With It."Īmong other things, Gawker writers have called him "a terrible writer," put him on a list of the "worst 100 white men," and once insinuated that his wife wanted to stab him. We need to pay attention to what is happening to Gawker.
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