Re:Ask HN: Why are billionaires not giving more money away?
by ThrowawayR2 on Sunday November 26, 2017 @12:31AM
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> his (successful) attempt to shut down a journalism outlet
I have no idea how people are able to say this with a straight face. The case was heard in a court of law and the Gawker witnesses behaved so incredibly badly during testimony (https://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/10/business/media/gawker-edi...) that the judge and jury actually awarded damages that were more than the plaintiff asked for. Now that's impressive, albeit in all the wrong ways.
Whatever Thiel's sins are, helping Bollea bring the Gawker Group to justice isn't one of them.
I have no idea how people are able to say this with a straight face. The case was heard in a court of law and the Gawker witnesses behaved so incredibly badly during testimony (https://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/10/business/media/gawker-edi...) that the judge and jury actually awarded damages that were more than the plaintiff asked for. Now that's impressive, albeit in all the wrong ways.
Whatever Thiel's sins are, helping Bollea bring the Gawker Group to justice isn't one of them.