• Skullgrid@lemmy.world
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      10 天前

      nothing of value was lost back then either, they kept pushing bs clickbait and calling it journualism

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          Gawker was found civilly liable for defamation after publishing details from Hulk Hogan’s sex tape. They also published a recording of the quote in the OP, I don’t remember if it was from that tape or a separate incident. The size of the judgement against them basically bankrupted the company.

          BS clickbait is, for better or worse, still completely legal.

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            They also defied the court order to take it down by republishing the video in an article titled something like “the court wants to bury this but we refuse”.