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Gawker article outs a private citizen

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by TopSpin, Jul 16, 2015.

  1. PaperClip529

    PaperClip529 Active Member

    Post removed. Shockingly, Craggs was the only one in management who voted against the article's removal.

    The gesture probably doesn't mean much at this point. I'm sure they'll enjoy the clicks associated with this removal as well.

    Gawker Is Removing Story About Condé Nast CFO
     
  2. Big Circus

    Big Circus Well-Known Member

  3. BDC99

    BDC99 Well-Known Member

    One of the most interesting parts of the story.
     
  4. cranberry

    cranberry Well-Known Member

    Craggs should resign in protest.
     
  5. Alma

    Alma Well-Known Member

    This is why places like Gawker finally fall apart.

    Posts like this.

    Yeah, it makes me smarmy by Scocca's standards, to disapprove of such horseshit. Better smarm than this passive-aggressive nonsense.
     
  6. JayFarrar

    JayFarrar Well-Known Member

    Clock is still ticking on gawker going away. There was nothing newsworthy or in the public interest.

    It also made gawker complacent in a crime. Between this and hulk hogan, they ain't going to last.
     
  7. Alma

    Alma Well-Known Member

  8. Riptide

    Riptide Well-Known Member

    Mrs. Geithner, 26 years old, graduated from Holy Cross College. She is a network-television time buyer at Young & Rubicam, the New York advertising agency. Her father is a senior partner in the New York law firm of Kelley Drye & Warren. The bride's grandfather the late John V. Mara was an owner and the president of the New York Giants, the football team founded by his father, Timothy J. Mara.
     
  9. Batman

    Batman Well-Known Member

    The escort is from Texas, so he's one of Cruz's constituents.
    The article also said Cruz's office tried to help the escort -- going as far as to contact the director of HUD personally -- because he wanted to help a veteran suffering from PTSD. Cruz's office later called the escort and told him there was no meat to his complaint.
     
  10. Batman

    Batman Well-Known Member

    I still can't believe they haven't named the escort -- the guy who was trying to perform extortion -- but continue to name Geithner in every "apology" story they're publishing.
     
  11. LongTimeListener

    LongTimeListener Well-Known Member

    It makes sense when you accept that Gawker staffers are horrible people.
     
  12. JayFarrar

    JayFarrar Well-Known Member

    Here's the thing, no matter what the cool kids on the interwebz think, the person who owns the joint has the final say as to what goes in the publication.

    In this case, Gawker had a committee and they voted to take it down.

    It really isn't hard.

    They can cry about editorial independence all they want, but it, like free speech, has its limits.

    If they don't like it, they can always resign.
     
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