Gawker media outs rival CFO

Has Gawker gone too far this time? Posting a "story" about a person meeting up with a hooker isn't exactly Pulitzer Prize material but what happens when that person happens to be a high profile member of a competitor?

Not like Gawker ever was a bastion of journalistic integrity but too me this went too far. I guess Hulk Hogan's lawsuit wasn't enough they wanted more?

Here's the story;

https://archive.is/EUkg0

 

[Ohoolihan]

didn't go through with it because the hooker blackmailed me

You have the order wrong here. He didn't back out because he got blackmailed, he got blackmailed because he backed out. I'm not trying to say "cheating is an okay thing to do, especially with a hooker", because it's not, but based on what's written the two never met up. It's still a breach of trust, and it's still money spent that the family is not getting back, but's it's still almost nothing.

 

[melty]

You have the order wrong here. He didn't back out because he got blackmailed, he got blackmailed because he backed out. I'm not trying to say "cheating is an okay thing to do, especially with a hooker", because it's not, but based on what's written the two never met up. It's still a breach of trust, and it's still money spent that the family is not getting back, but's it's still almost nothing.

You're right, I did not know about that part. That certainly makes it more convoluted than I thought. I dunno, there's a lot going on in this story so I suppose I will refrain from commenting on this aspect of it until more is known.

 

[Splendid]

So at the end of the day, Gawker is reporting on...nothing?
Nothing actually happened. There was no cheating.
Gawker fails at even being a tabloid.

 

[AnOminous]

So at the end of the day, Gawker is reporting on...nothing?
Nothing actually happened. There was no cheating.
Gawker fails at even being a tabloid.

Gawker wrote a story about a middle aged man contemplating adultery.

I guess this would be okay as a John Updike novel, but journalism it ain't.