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back in 2007 it published an article making claims about the sexual orientation of Peter teal teal is a high-profile figure in Silicon Valley he's one of the cofounders of PayPal he's also a major shareholder in Facebook nearly five years later Gawker released a sex tape involving the professional wrestler Hulk Hogan fast forward to March of this year and Hulk Hogan was awarded a hundred and forty million dollars in damages it's a huge ruling which threatens to bankrupt Gawker now Hogan's legal case was complicated involved several different courts and numerous separate claims it turns out he was receiving some outside help to finance the lawsuit from none other than Peter Thiel we've heard a lot of stories and we've broken a lot of stories and we've annoyed a lot of powerful people it so happens that one of the billionaires that we offended in in this case had not just the means and the resources but you know also the will over a period of several years to find and fund lawsuits against an independent media company but if you're a billionaire and you have power you have access to the media you should expect now and then to get the occasional critical piece and I think wiser approach to it than getting angry and trying to sue a media company out of existence is to you know as Jeff Bezos recommended to Peter Thiel to develop her thicker skin it has been widely reported that part of his anger has to do with an article that was written on Gawker with regards to his sexuality my guess is that he's been more upset by the mockery of his political views he's a a support of Donald Trump he is a libertarian you know he resists the interference by terrestrial governments he is among the most extreme of all the tech luminaries in his political views and his view of where he thinks the world is going away things the world should go and he's a facebook board member which gives him a lot of power as well as the ability to to put out these views well last year you told your staff that that you're going the new Gawker is going to be 20% nice I said that I felt that Gawker had ran the risk of being too critical there's a need for critical voices especially in the in the in the modern world especially your own admission perhaps that Gawker was too critical I think all media organizations need to adjust according to the times what will happen to Gawker I mean does this I mean is Gawker able to financially withstand this there are substantial protections for the Free Press in the in the United States and theirs but and and there's protection for criticism and I'm confident that's when this case comes before judges with higher court and that people will find again that's there is a place for critical...