I stole my parents’ cable company info and just access everything I want through their online account.

Ooh. Using “catholic” in the non-religious sense. Well done.

Does this mean Gizmodo can stop posting articles about Peter Thiel now? Seriously, this is a tech site, right?

No, please, keep going! I think you left out a few details.

Gawker would’ve been fine if it had stayed on the right side of the law. This isn’t much different from cops claiming that their autonomy is being threatened because politically active citizens insist on taping them.

I’ve been here for years, and am fully capable of recognizing how many of these wounds were completely self-inflicted. I find Thiel’s victory troubling from a freedom of the press standpoint but Gawker’s petty childish bullshit enabled it to happen, and honestly I’m almost madder at them. They created the perfect test…

Trotter;

Critcal journalism... thanks, that nearly caused me to shit my pants. It would have been avoided if there was a grain of self-critical reflection from the writers or editors.

“...a brief excerpt of a video in which he could be seen having sex...”

Thiel’s grudge was well founded. He won in court.

And still, amazingly, no admitting responsibility or apology. But yeah, the guy who held you guys accountable is really in the wrong here.

Question: why are the remnants of Gawker so salty about Thiel holding a grudge and playing dirty? Wasn’t the whole Gawker brand based on this?

“After four years of litigation funded by a billionaire with a grudge going back even further, a settlement has been reached. The saga is over.”

Ha.

“All three litigants were represented by the Los Angeles entertainment attorney Charles J. Harder, who received financial backing from the Silicon Valley billionaire Peter Thiel in a decade-long effort to destroy Gawker Media.”

It’s hard to feel bad for Gawker Media hen they behave like petulant children when they have their past misdeeds bite them in the butt.

As gizmodo has already transitioned to new gawker, (tech blog? lol) I expect more suits to follow. And they’re all deserved.

A little humility please, Gawker brought this on themselves. You are FAR from innocent.

“The execution and quality of the products of Tesla are the same as a German OEM in the 1970s”.

I guess he knew what would’ve happened to him if he’d said “Italian”.

I’m ok with this