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Old 05-25-2016, 10:21 AM
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Originally Posted by OldDog View Post
Breaking: Everyone at Gawker updating their résumés
Breaking: None of the updated résumés contain the word 'Gawker'
(shamelessly copied from the interwebs)

Just remember: Causing someone to lose their livelihood for what they have said or what political causes they support is totally fine. Unless you do it to Gawker, of course. Then it’s “fascist.”
And as it turns out, the lawsuit is being funded by a tech billionaire who wants to shut down a media source that has been critical of him:

http://www.forbes.com/sites/ryanmac/.../#17b314967805

Because he's a right winger, I'm sure OldDog will be all, "You go, tech billionaire guy!" but in fact, rich folk using their unlimited funds to lawsuit media outlets out of existence (or out of ever saying anything critical about said rich folk for fear of being lawsuited out of existence) is a frightening prospect for those who actually value freedom of the press. Not as frightening as Zika, which the GOP is dragging its heels on dealing with, but plenty frightening anyway.
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