This has been sitting in my inbox to be responded to. And the short version was if you endorse the idea that you can censor via lawyers and pocket books, then I think you don't believe in as free of a press as you think you do.
You won, Kevin. Hope you're happy. http://www.recode.net/2016/6/10/11903764/gawker-bankruptcy-chapter-11-sale-ziff-davis On Tue, May 31, 2016 at 5:29 PM Kevin M. <drunkbastar...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, May 31, 2016 at 3:07 PM, Mark Jeffries <spotligh...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> But if a rich idiot throws their money around to get rid of Gawker, what >> makes you think someone won't try to go after a media source you approve >> of? The First Amendment means you gotta hold your nose when it comes to >> some media. I may not like Fox News, but I'd rather see the public decide >> that they choose not to watch, instead of some rich schmuck trying to sue >> them out of business. >> >> > A quick look at the Gawker homepage and this is the top story: > What a Series of Cosmic Evangelical Thrillers Tells Us About Money in > America > <http://gawker.com/what-a-series-of-cosmic-evangelical-thrillers-tells-us-1779607605>Below > that was a link to: > Watch A Car Run Over A Motorcycle In This Florida Road Rage > <http://lanesplitter.jalopnik.com/watch-a-car-run-over-a-motorcycle-in-this-florida-road-1779633188>Or > how about the post to the right of that: > > The Best Memorial Day Deals: Laser Printers, Cheap ThinkPad, Golfing Gear, > and More > <http://deals.kinja.com/the-best-memorial-day-deals-laser-printers-cheap-thin-1779478634> > I'm not picking and choosing; just looking at the first items on their > homepage. Not news. Not worried if they run out of money and get shut down. > > The 1st Amendment guarantees the right of the press to say and print > whatever they want without government censorship, but it is not a blanket > protection against any consequences of what is said or printed. People can > be held accountable for their words... as well as their videos of aging > wrestler sex. > > > -- > Kevin M. (RPCV) > > -- > -- > TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "TV or Not TV" group. > To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
