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It may not have been the best line of questions in a trial that hinged on whether the blogging empire had violated the wrestler’s privacy. Gawker’s laywers, like their writers, focused on the issues that really matter - in this case, the size of Hulk Hogan’s schlong. You have to hand it to Gawker: At least they stayed true to themselves during the trial. GAWKER’S LAWYERS GRILL HOGAN ABOUT HIS PENIS SIZE It seems that it’s not only Gawker’s writers who have a tendency to descend into hyperbole - it’s rubbed off on their lawyers too.
Gawker seriously suggested to the jury that if they didn’t let them post celebrity sex tapes, they’re literally Hitler. Denton grew up with parents who’ve seen first-hand what happens when speech is suppressed,” Berry continued. Berry highlighted that Gawker founder Nick Denton is the maternal son of a Hungarian Jew who “survived the Nazis” by fleeing to England. During the defence opening, Gawker lawyer Michael Berry made a feeble attempt to draw on the anti-Semitism card to fend off Hogan. So you’d think Gawker would know better than to compare the wrestler to Adolf Hitler. Hogan is a hero of millions of Americans, and that’s no doubt doubly true in his hometown. Gawker played out in front of a jury from the wrestlers’ native Pinellas County, Florida, the former WWE star could be said to have a home-field advantage. Is there any better illustration of that bias than their solemn respect for the Obamas’ privacy, compared to their utter disregard for the Palins’? GAWKER COMPARES HOGAN’S CASE TO THE HOLOCAUST But Gawker doesn’t exactly have a track record of sticking solely to what’s newsworthy.ĭenton said that the Obamas “seem like a loving couple” and that a sex tape would do nothing to “change perceptions” or “establish truth.” He did not elaborate on what “truth” was established by A.J Daulerio repeatedly publishing pictures of male athletes’ penises, the map of gun owners’ addresses in New York City, or releasing hacked pictures and private email addresses of Sarah Palin’s family, as the site notoriously did in 2008. He’s right, of course, that wouldn’t be newsworthy. Wait, it’s not just 4-year-olds! When asked the same question as his former editor Daulerio, Gawker founder Nick Denton told the court that he wouldn’t consider a sex tape of Barack and Michelle Obama to be newsworthy.
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There, he launched an entire series of stories under the category “ATHLETE DONG,” which, you guessed it, involved pictures of athletes’ penises. Before he became editor-in-chief of Gawker, he edited the blogging empire’s sports blog.
Daulerio is the Gawker editor who is perhaps most closely associated with gross violations of privacy. Presumably they were’t familiar with the man: A.J. The jury later said they were “distressed” by Daulerio’s manner and tone. Of course, Daulerio’s answer implied that 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, and 15-year-olds are all fair game. Daulerio intended to send when he responded to an aggressive line of questioning from Hogan’s lawyers. When one of them asked Daulerio when he wouldn’t consider a celebrity sex tape to be newsworthy, the former editor assured them that he would never publish a sex tape involving a child. “Even Gawker has morals.” That was probably the message former edtior A.J.
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