As Twitchy told you, Gawker has filed for bankruptcy. And some people are pretty darn upset about it.
Freedom of the press is a cornerstone of our nation. Like them or not, sad to see NYC media giant @Gawker forced to the brink.
— Eric Schneiderman (@AGSchneiderman) June 10, 2016
To see fellow reporters celebrating the Gawker bankruptcy is a bit disheartening.
— Sopan Deb (@SopanDeb) June 10, 2016
Thrilled to live in this new world where billionaires can bankrupt publications out of nothing more than pique. https://t.co/bK8JXQgVvB
— Jamelle Bouie (@jbouie) June 10, 2016
A terrible precedent. You can bet he won't be the last billionaire who will try to bleed a news org into bankruptcy https://t.co/Z8V8VEgG2h
— Freedom of the Press (@FreedomofPress) June 10, 2016
Hulk Hogan's suit and Peter Thiel's vendetta has forced Gawker to forfeit independence https://t.co/A3NXucIVfJ pic.twitter.com/zY4TB0QFdO
— Joan E. Solsman (@joan_e) June 10, 2016
What happened to Gawker could easily happen to any publication you love. All it takes is a billionaire with a vendetta.
— Andy Baio (@waxpancake) June 10, 2016
Coming out of two meetings… and Gawker is bankrupt. Not surprising, but still. I guess one lesson of 2016 is: billionaires win?
— Janko Roettgers (@jank0) June 10, 2016
Dear #Gawker death cheer mob, pls think of how such events chasten media. Self-censoring journos? Do we want to live in THAT place?
— Michael Casey (@mikejcasey) June 10, 2016
I don't think this funding Hulk Hogan's Gawker suit is working for Peter Thiel the way he wants. The press is not cowed now, it's pissed.
— John Scalzi (@scalzi) June 10, 2016
They may be pissed, but their outrage is rather selective, don’t you think?
Raise your hand if you know that journalists would be singing a different tune if it were a conservative-owned outlet instead of Gawker.
— RBe (@RBPundit) June 10, 2016
Ahem:
@RBPundit pic.twitter.com/hUdwuV1hse
— Amy Curtis (@VLRAmyCurtis) June 10, 2016
@RBPundit pic.twitter.com/k5UJd1Xprn
— (((LifebytheCreek))) (@lifebythecreek) June 10, 2016
@RBPundit pic.twitter.com/4lZcSW1RVh
— Brad (@Brad_Hope) June 10, 2016
@RBPundit pic.twitter.com/7Eys3RDAHs
— Elise Terry (@elisecterry) June 10, 2016
Mind if we raise our hands, too?
Imagine if the weepy journos bemoaning Gawker losing its lawsuit on merits gave same attention to the IRS admitting it targeted people.
— T. Becket Adams (@BecketAdams) June 10, 2016
Such as, oh, say, advertiser boycotts designed to drive Rush Limbaugh off the air? https://t.co/0WmKK8Tvkl
— Dan McLaughlin (@baseballcrank) June 10, 2016
If a left-wing billionaire sued a right-wing news org for revenge / shutting them down, you wouldn't care. You wouldn't. I know you too well
— Robby Soave (@robbysoave) June 10, 2016
No one who believes the feds had the right to censor an anti-Hillary documentary (Citizens United) is allowed to be upset about Gawker
— Robby Soave (@robbysoave) June 10, 2016
Venn diagram of people upset about the Gawker verdict/bankruptcy who also think Citizens United is a threat to the republic?
— El Capitán (@mr_philbs) June 10, 2016
To see reporters who screamed bloody murder at Citizens United and stayed mum when Michael Mann sued NR mourn Gawker is a bit disheartening.
— Sean Davis (@seanmdav) June 10, 2016
Disheartening? Perhaps. Predictable? Totally.
Shorter lefty journo take on free speech: group criticism of Hillary Clinton? Should be illegal. Gawker sex tapes? What Founders intended.
— Sean Davis (@seanmdav) June 10, 2016
the same people crying about gawker want to allow the state to dictate what political speech should be.
— David Harsanyi (@davidharsanyi) June 10, 2016
Journalists are really up-in-arms today over the fact that people besides them have rights.
— L (@OrwellForks) June 10, 2016
Ironic that Lefties are admitting that corporations like Gawker have free speech rights.
At least that is a win! pic.twitter.com/PvSchI6lgI
— Pradheep Shanker MD (@Neoavatara) June 10, 2016
