Since you went there: The New York Times reported that a co-founder of PayPal covered the entire legal expenses for Hogan in that suit, basically trying to sue Gawker out of business after another Gawker-owned blog outed him several years ago. The tip off was legal maneuvers behaviors that were not consistent with a traditional strategy of trying to capitalize the amount of cash obtained in a victory.
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/25/business/dealbook/peter-thiel-is-said-to-bankroll-hulk-hogans-suit-against-gawker.html You can think Gawker is a piece of shit. You can think Gawker is the future of journalism. But if the increasing frequency of rich companies and people using the cost of a lawsuit to bully members of the media into being nice story tellers doesn't terrify you from a purely oligarchical standpoint (even though we're already there), I would unironically play the "wake up, sheeple" card. On Wed, May 25, 2016 at 1:58 PM Kevin M. <[email protected]> wrote: > And to think in 30 years, Gawker will post sex tapes of the current crop > of wrestlers and somehow consider themselves journalists. > > On Wed, May 25, 2016 at 11:48 AM, Bob Jersey <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> >> As "Smackdown" returns from Syfy. It and "RAW" will (again) both be LIVE. >> >> And to think these folks used to languish on syndie, and tape weekly >> shows only in Allentown, PA. >> >> Variety >> <http://variety.com/2016/tv/news/wwe-smackdown-live-usa-1201782569/> >> (link) >> >> B >> >> -- >> -- >> TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "TV or Not TV" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected] >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "TVorNotTV" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > > > -- > Kevin M. (RPCV) > > -- > -- > TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "TV or Not TV" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
