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Jury sides with Hulk Hogan in his sex tape lawsuit against Gawker & awards him $115m

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DirtyManos

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Hahahaha, Hogan's a shit, but it's bout time Gawker got it's teeth kicked in for being the hipster sanctimonious clowns they are.

Someone save Deadspin and Jalopnik please.

Just Jalopnik is fine if you're making me choose.
 
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MegaManTrigger

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PeakPointMatrix said:
That's totally what I meant. Nothing gets past you.

Or just maybe, this is an outrageous sum that will terminate hundreds of jobs belonging to people who had nothing to do with the decision to air this sex tape. I just find it amusing that people are celebrating someone of his character receiving such an inordinate amount of money is all. But totally feel free to interpret that as he should have no rights.
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To be fair, the way you worded the phrase, didn't do you any favours. You brought up a fact that was completely irrelevant to the case at hand ("So a racist gets 115mil...") and juxtaposed that with possible consequences with regards to people losing their jobs. It made it seem as if you cared less about the legal dispute and more about Gawker. If you wanted to talk about the arbitrariness of compensation, you could've simply stated "how did the jury reach the conclusion that Hogan was to be awarded 115mil?/Seems arbitrary/etc."

As for celebrations, it's more complicated than that. Some people are celebrating that Gawker is getting what they deserved with regards to their hypocritical stance on celebrity nudes (see: Gawker's EXTREMELY hypocritical posts regarding The Fappening, and then shitting on people for seeing JLaw's nudes THAT THEY THEMSELVES LINKED, while celebrating Hogan's sex tape reveal). Some just hate Gawker and like to see them burn. Some are equating this to Hogan taking down a "giant" as per his old Wresting days. It's a myriad of reasons.

Personally, I have no sympathy for Gawker after their hypocritical stance and acting inappropriately during trial (being unnecessarily smug and snarky).
 
Azzurri

Azzurri

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Sorry if already posted, but I'll repost it again

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Gawker Wiki
 
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Kama_1082

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DirtyManos said:
Hahahaha, Hogan's a shit, but it's bout time Gawker got it's teeth kicked in for being the hipster sanctimonious clowns they are.

Someone save Deadspin and Jalopnik please.

Just Jalopnik is fine if you're making me choose.
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Just save deadspin. The other sites can suck a dick.
 
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Walpurgis

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Griss said:
Is this a joke post? Didn't it come out during the trial that Gawker Media makes yearly profits of $6m on revenue of $45m?

There's no fucking way they could handle a $160m bill, and they stated as such in the trial.

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I didn't even know about this trial until today. I just looked on Wikipedia and it said they make $30 million a year.
Azzurri said:
Sorry if already posted, but I'll repost it again

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LMAO! I can't believe I didn't notice that.
 
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Kama_1082

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PeakPointMatrix said:
That's totally what I meant. Nothing gets past you.

Or just maybe, this is an outrageous sum that will terminate hundreds of jobs belonging to people who had nothing to do with the decision to air this sex tape. I just find it amusing that people are celebrating someone of his character receiving such an inordinate amount of money is all. But totally feel free to interpret that as he should have no rights.
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The people should've known what a cesspool that site was before they hired on. It was only a matter of time before it went under.
 
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bigkrev

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Dave Meltzer posted an audio reaction on his website-says he doubts Hogan even gets "8 figures" when this is all said and done, and isn't very confident about him even getting a 7 digit figure.
 
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Nista

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Kama_1082 said:
The people should've known what a cesspool that site was before they hired on. It was only a matter of time before it went under.
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Cesspool? They aren't working at Stormfront or Breitbart. That amount is way too high for what his brand is worth, especially with all the later racist comments.

I am going to be sad to lose Deadspin, Jezebel and Kotaku. Hopefully there's some way to spin them off and not lose a bunch of jobs just due to some sad old wrestlers' skanky tape.
 
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LiquidSolid

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PeakPointMatrix said:
That's totally what I meant. Nothing gets past you.

Or just maybe, this is an outrageous sum that will terminate hundreds of jobs belonging to people who had nothing to do with the decision to air this sex tape. I just find it amusing that people are celebrating someone of his character receiving such an inordinate amount of money is all. But totally feel free to interpret that as he should have no rights.
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Yet you're running to the defence of a company of its character.

People losing their jobs sucks but what exactly is your alternative? Ignore privacy laws? Only give the company a slap on the wrist? The best way to avoid outcomes like this is to not break the fucking law in the first place but with the way Gawker is run, a result like this was inevitable.
 
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Dawg

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PeakPointMatrix said:
So a racist gets $115 million, and a family of websites people sort of don't like sometimes is about to go under, losing people several dozen jobs in the process; GAF celebrates.
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Gawker is made up of absolutely horrible human beings who would do anything for pageviews, as has been proven many times before. Just now someone has linked a video in which the editor in chief makes "a sarcastic statement" (according to him) to where he would draw the line of "newsworthy" sex videos, which would be children the age of 4.

There have been multiple cases where I had compassion for people losing their jobs, even when I didn't particularly like the company they were working for.

But, in this case, I have no compassion. Just look at this shit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Pr8S44o6N4

These people think they are above the law. And now they are finally being judged for it, they don't know how to react.
 
MisterHero

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Nista said:
Cesspool? They aren't working at Stormfront or Breitbart. That amount is way too high for what his brand is worth, especially with all the later racist comments.

I am going to be sad to lose Deadspin, Jezebel and Kotaku. Hopefully there's some way to spin them off and not lose a bunch of jobs just due to some sad old wrestlers' skanky tape.
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No, that's the exact point. They thought they could get away with what they did because Hogan said some stupid things.
 
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Kama_1082

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Nista said:
Cesspool? They aren't working at Stormfront or Breitbart. That amount is way too high for what his brand is worth, especially with all the later racist comments.

I am going to be sad to lose Deadspin, Jezebel and Kotaku. Hopefully there's some way to spin them off and not lose a bunch of jobs just due to some sad old wrestlers' skanky tape.
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I'd rather keep Gawker than Jezebel. By a long mile.
 
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Hasney

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Nista said:
Cesspool? They aren't working at Stormfront or Breitbart. That amount is way too high for what his brand is worth, especially with all the later racist comments.

I am going to be sad to lose Deadspin, Jezebel and Kotaku. Hopefully there's some way to spin them off and not lose a bunch of jobs just due to some sad old wrestlers' skanky tape.
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I won't be sad to lose any of those sites as a whole, but individuals within them I hope land on their feet and will probably do better things away from Gawker.

Not going to dispute the amount, that was the jury decision and it was more than Hogan asked for and they're asking for punitive damages on top of that. They found that Gawker acted wrongly AND even when a judge asked them to take it down, they didn't and published an article to say why they wouldn't. As a company, they can get fucked.
 
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Kama_1082

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Nista said:
Cesspool? They aren't working at Stormfront or Breitbart. That amount is way too high for what his brand is worth, especially with all the later racist comments.

I am going to be sad to lose Deadspin, Jezebel and Kotaku. Hopefully there's some way to spin them off and not lose a bunch of jobs just due to some sad old wrestlers' skanky tape.
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What other company outs a gay non celebrity and not only does it approve its publishing but the fucking STAFF like your beloved Jason begs and fights for the article to stay up? Who defends this shit?
 
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Breads

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Nista said:
Cesspool? They aren't working at Stormfront or Breitbart. That amount is way too high for what his brand is worth, especially with all the later racist comments.

I am going to be sad to lose Deadspin, Jezebel and Kotaku. Hopefully there's some way to spin them off and not lose a bunch of jobs just due to some sad old wrestlers' skanky tape.
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Gawker is worse than Breitbart. Breitbart has shameful views. Gawker has hurt way more lives directly than GG ever has.
 
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Dawg

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Kama_1082 said:
What other company outs a gay non celebrity and not only does it approve its publishing but the fucking STAFF like your beloved Jason begs and fights for the article to stay up? Who defends this shit?
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Did Jason Schreier really defend that article? Because that would be kinda disappointing.
 
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MassiveNights

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bigkrev said:
Dave Meltzer posted an audio reaction on his website-says he doubts Hogan even gets "8 figures" when this is all said and done, and isn't very confident about him even getting a 7 digit figure.
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Yes but not because Gawker are off the hook, because they will go bust and be unable to pay.
 
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Nista

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Kama_1082 said:
I'd rather keep Gawker than Jezebel. By a long mile.
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I've never read Gawker, since I'm not interested in tabloid gossip. I don't know how you can condemn Jezebel except for some of their writers putting out click bait fluff at times. I still prefer it to most of the other female perspective sites.

I must have way less sympathy for manufactured celebrity brands like Hogan than you guys.
 
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mreddie

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So does this mean he can buy TNA?

Also, is WWE gonna un retcon him because come on, there's tape of Vince saying the n word.
 
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Hasney

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Nista said:
I've never read Gawker, since I'm not interested in tabloid gossip. I don't know how you can condemn Jezebel except for some of their writers putting out click bait fluff at times. I still prefer it to most of the other female perspective sites.

I must have way less sympathy for manufactured celebrity brands like Hogan than you guys.
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I don't think the post you're responding to has any love for Hogan if they'd rather keep Gawker compared to another of their properties. Honestly, Gawker and their management that goes through all their brands are bad. So bad that I couldn't imagine myself ever supporting Hogan in anything, even as amassive wrestling fan, until this case. I mean, publishing someons sex tape and then not taking it down when a judge orders it is bad enough, but also outing Conde Nast's CFO as gay because he apparently booked a male escort is just double shitty. He wasn't even a public figure.
 
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MegaManTrigger

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This is fucking painful to watch.

The guy who said sex tapes of celebrities 5 and up would be newsworthy tries to play it off as a joke. In court.
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Even more painful to read how Gawker justified their position:

Hogan’s lawsuit claimed Gawker ­violated his right to privacy by posting the sex tape, which the wrestler said was filmed without his knowledge. Gawker has maintained that because he’s a public figure, Hogan’s sex life was a matter of public interest and protected by the First Amendment.

http://nypost.com/2016/03/18/jury-awards-hulk-hogan-115-million-in-gawker-sex-tape-trial/
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I don't know how ANYONE can logically say that a public figure should have his privacy invaded because his sexual escapades are public because he's a public figure. Retarded circular reasoning.
 
Rellik

Rellik

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bigkrev said:
Dave Meltzer posted an audio reaction on his website-says he doubts Hogan even gets "8 figures" when this is all said and done, and isn't very confident about him even getting a 7 digit figure.
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Funny how Meltzer is all of a sudden a huge legal expert.

He rates this case 4 and a half stars.
 
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Permanently A

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Demoskinos said:
Oh god. That is painful to watch as a bystander not even on the hotseat there. Maaaaaaaaan.
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I normally cringe hard when it comes to social awkwardness, like I had to stop watching the Office for a few months because of Scott's Tots. But this video gives me some damn good schadenfraude along with the cringe.
 
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SenorArdilla

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MegaManTrigger said:
Even more painful to read how Gawker justified their position:



I don't know how ANYONE can logically say that a public figure should have his privacy invaded because his sexual escapades are public because he's a public figure. Retarded circular reasoning.
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Man. Fuck the 24-7 celebrity worship. And fuck the media for continuously perpetuating it.
 
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