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Donald Trump gestures while speaking surrounded by people whose families were victims of illegal immigrants on July 10, 2015 while meeting with the press at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills, California, where some shared their stories of the loss of a loved one. The US business magnate Trump, who is running for President…
To steal a tired line from an old dead writer: Gawker in 2013 was a very special time and place to be a part of. I think – hope – that I still have some good years of writing and reporting and editing ahead of me, but whatever future form that future takes, it will…
Yesterday evening, Gawker.com published a story about the CFO of Conde Nast texting an escort. It was an editorial call, a close call around which there were more internal disagreements than usual. And it is a decision I regret. The story involves extortion, illegality and reckless behavior, sufficient justification at least in tabloid news terms….
Yesterday, Gawker published a post about the CFO of Condé Nast attempting to pay a gay porn star for a night in a Chicago hotel. Today the managing partnership of Gawker Media voted, 5-1, to remove the post. Executive editor Tommy Craggs, who helped edit the post, was the sole dissenter. The company’s C.E.O., Nick…
Culture Gawker’s Ethical Misstep In Outing A Condé Nast Executive by Kay Steiger Jul 17, 2015 11:38am The internet exploded Thursday evening in condemnation when Gawker published a piece alleging Condé Nast Chief Financial Officer David Geithner planned to meet a gay “porn star” in Chicago and pay him $2,500 for sex. The exposé used…
Last night, Gawker published a story about a Condé Nast executive (who’s married to a woman) allegedly arranging to meet up with a gay escort while on a trip to Chicago. When the escort found out who his client was, he attempted to blackmail him into helping with a housing-discrimination lawsuit he was embroiled in….
Been a long time since I’ve seen such universal media revulsion for a media company’s editorial decision: @jordansarge — Michael Barbaro (@mikiebarb) July 17, 2015 The beauty of Twitter is that even we don’t have to reward Gawker with a click to find out just what garbage it’s serving its readers that has them so appalled…
Gossip website Gawker regularly walks the fine line between entertaining, edgy content and completely unethical, sleazy trash. On Thursday, the website went way, way over that line by helping a blackmailer take revenge against a non-public figure because that person declined to abuse their power on the blackmailer’s behalf. FROM EARLIER: Specs leak for a mystery LG phone…
Owner of Gawker Media, Nick Denton. Gawker’s motto is “Today’s gossip is tomorrow’s news.”(Photo: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images) SAN FRANCISCO—Gawker drew heavy criticism Friday from online readers after the news and gossip site ran a story about the CFO of Conde Nast allegedly soliciting sex from a gay porn star. David Geithner, a married father of…
Media This Man Took On Fox News And Became A Hero To His City by Judd Legum Jul 15, 2015 6:35pm Scott Wiener, a member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, knew Fox News was lurking. “They’ve been stalking various members of the board of supervisors for the last week. They went to someone’s…