Whistleblower: Google Boss' Daughter Scrubbed from Guardian Exposé

Re:Whistleblower: Google Boss' Daughter Scrubbed from Guardi... by vezycash on Tuesday October 08, 2019 @10:43AM (#21192848)

>The idea that rich can bully anyone with lawyers is seductive, but this is The Guardian, a newspaper with its own army of lawyers.

Don't forget how Billionaire Peter Thiel sued gawker to bankrupcy.

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Re:Whistleblower: Google Boss' Daughter Scrubbed from Guardi... by whycombagator on Tuesday October 08, 2019 @01:36PM (#21194781)

Sure, but directly though - unless there are other events I'm unaware of.

I thought Thiel bankrolled Hulk Hogan in his sex tape lawsuit against Gawker (IIRC HH didn't have much money after his divorce)

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Re:Whistleblower: Google Boss' Daughter Scrubbed from Guardi... by vezycash on Wednesday October 09, 2019 @05:26AM (#21201479)

According to what I remember, Thiel already had an axe to grind with gawker. Hogan's case simply presented the perfect opportunity to exact his revenge.

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Re:Whistleblower: Google Boss' Daughter Scrubbed from Guardi... by fennecfoxen on Tuesday October 08, 2019 @10:47AM (#21192882)

It's not strictly the rich. Ashton Kutcher helped run the Village Voice into ground for daring to run a piece questioning his (deranged) statistics about sex trafficking.

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Re:Whistleblower: Google Boss' Daughter Scrubbed from Guardi... by dredmorbius on Tuesday October 08, 2019 @11:18AM (#21193204)

Kutchner may only have small bills (~$200m), but he's not exactly poor.

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Re:Whistleblower: Google Boss' Daughter Scrubbed from Guardi... by fennecfoxen on Tuesday October 08, 2019 @12:22PM (#21193933)

Yeah, but he used his fame and influence here, more than his money.

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Re:Whistleblower: Google Boss' Daughter Scrubbed from Guardi... by dredmorbius on Tuesday October 08, 2019 @12:25PM (#21193966)

Both fame and wealth are fungible as power.

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