The site posted a short edit of the Hogan tape, publicly spurning requests from the champ to remove it. If you are an eyeball-hungry news website, it is the wrong place to be buying or borrowing a sex tape. Canadians have some reason to feel grateful to Gawker, even if broadcasting a celebrity’s sex tape is hard to justify as a matter of ethics. Hulk Hogan, it should be emphasized, did not sue Gawker for defamation. Gawker is not journalism, says Thiel; he has nothing against journalism, no intention of using his money to destroy anybody else.

Source: National Post May 26, 2016 14:22 UTC