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"I believe that Gawker serves an essential function in a celebrity-obsessed culture, and if it were to disappear the world would be poorer"
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"The editors and writers [of Gawker] want power to be made uncomfortable whether or not it deserves the discomfort" nytimes.com/2016/05/31/opinion/i-stand-with-gawker.html?nytmobile=0&_r=0
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"Gawker is responding to an asymmetry of celebrity power, and the way that celebrities become immune to the pressures of civil society."
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"Even a pathetic D-lister like Hulk Hogan has more power to shape the world today than most congressmen." nytimes.com/2016/05/31/opinion/i-stand-with-gawker.html?nytmobile=0&_r=0
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"The new breed of technologists who are taking control of the news media do not feel they should pay taxes or submit to regulation..."
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"Thiel has turned Gawker into a scapegoat for the shifting world of celebrity culture [, ...] for the world he himself is helping to create"
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'Thiel seems to want a world in which he encounters no resistance, whether it comes from government or the free press or anyone else'