Cenk Uygur
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Who Funded Hulk Hogan’s War On Gawker?
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11:58Now PlayingHulk Hogan’s sex tape lawsuit against Gawker, had a big backer. Peter Theil funded the lawsuit to get back at Gawker, for a story than ran on him in 2007. Ana Kasparian, Francis Maxwell, and Grace Baldridge, hosts of The Young Turks, break it down. Tell us what you think in the comment section below.
“On Monday evening, Forbes and the New York Times reported that Peter Thiel, the right-wing billionaire responsible for some of Silicon Valley’s most successful companies, has been secretly underwriting Hulk Hogan’s legal battle against Gawker Media. Last night, Thiel confirmed his involvement in the Hogan case—and others against Gawker—in an incredible interview with Times reporter Andrew Ross Sorkin:
A 2007 article published by Gawker’s Valleywag blog was headlined, “Peter Thiel is totally gay, people.” That and a series of articles about his friends and others that he said “ruined people’s lives for no reason” drove Mr. Thiel to mount a clandestine war against Gawker. He funded a team of lawyers to find and help “victims” of the company’s coverage mount cases against Gawker.
According to Thiel, his willingness to fund relentless litigation against a media outlet does not amount to an attack on the free press, but rather an endorsement of it:”
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Hosts: Ana Kasparian, Francis Maxwell, Grace Baldridge
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