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Re:The R. Kelly ‘cult’ story and the ‘Gawker Effect’ by tedunangst on Monday July 31, 2017 @06:06PM (#14896309)
One might also rephrase the issue as gawker making money by peddling sex tapes and it costing millions of dollars to make them stop.

Where was the "gawker is not journalism and threatens to undermine us all with their stupidity" WaPo opinion piece before the trial?

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Re:The R. Kelly ‘cult’ story and the ‘Gawker Effect’ by pcwalton on Monday July 31, 2017 @08:36PM (#14897052)
> Where was the "gawker is not journalism and threatens to undermine us all with their stupidity" WaPo opinion piece before the trial?

Here. https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/free-speech-i...

It doesn't just criticize Gawker, of course, because it's focused on press freedom in general. That's because press freedom is a right, not some kind of privilege that can be taken away from everybody if one actor "abuses" it.

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