Jeff Bezos Accuses National Enquirer of Blackmail • Hacker News Board

Re: Jeff Bezos Accuses National Enquirer of Blackmail

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Post by dboreham » Fri, Feb 08, 2019, 1:12 AM UTC

Baffling to see a _lawyer_ commit such an obvious and blatant opsec gaffe.

Also: can of whup-ass duely opened...

Re: Jeff Bezos Accuses National Enquirer of Blackmail

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Post by EGreg » Fri, Feb 08, 2019, 1:12 AM UTC

crazypyro wrote: post #17

krackers wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Not blackmail, but outed Thiel

And seemingly created an enemy so powerful he destroyed their entire business.

How did he do it

Re: Jeff Bezos Accuses National Enquirer of Blackmail

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Post by ahoy » Fri, Feb 08, 2019, 1:12 AM UTC

JimmyAustin wrote: post #19

Peter Thiel (worth 2.5b) destroyed Gawker with a contribution of 10m to Hulk Hogan's legal fund. If Bezos contributed a similar proportion of his fortune (112b), he would be contributing 448m. Not only is the National Enquirer about to be in the shitfight of its life, but every single other lawsuit it's going to be facing will be armed to the teeth with amazing legal talent. Couldn't have happened to nicer people.

cool legal system we have where you can literally pay to win

Re: Jeff Bezos Accuses National Enquirer of Blackmail

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Post by kajecounterhack » Fri, Feb 08, 2019, 1:12 AM UTC

throwaway2048 wrote: post #39

JimmyAustin wrote: post #19

Peter Thiel (worth 2.5b) destroyed Gawker with a contribution of 10m to Hulk Hogan's legal fund. If Bezos contributed a similar proportion of his fortune (112b), he would be contributing 448m. Not only is the National Enquirer about to be in the shitfight of its life, but every single other lawsuit it's going to be facing will be armed to the teeth with amazing legal talent. Couldn't have happened to nicer people.

Not sure that billionaires destroying media outlets is something to be cheered on.

Not sure national enquirer is a "media outlet."

In general I agree that the fourth estate needs protection but I don't think arbitrary words on newsprint automatically makes you qualified.

Re: Jeff Bezos Accuses National Enquirer of Blackmail

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Post by ellius » Fri, Feb 08, 2019, 1:15 AM UTC

philipov wrote: post #29

rjplatte wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Where would you post it if you were him?

I'd buy a country and have it inscribed in the earth so it can be read from space.

You’re the kind of person I’m rooting for to become a billionaire.

Re: Jeff Bezos Accuses National Enquirer of Blackmail

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Post by jamesrom » Fri, Feb 08, 2019, 1:15 AM UTC

Something about this begs belief. Stand by.

Re: Jeff Bezos Accuses National Enquirer of Blackmail

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Post by [deleted] » Fri, Feb 08, 2019, 1:15 AM UTC

kyleblarson wrote: post #6

FreedomToCreate wrote: post #5

To modify a quote from The Dark Knight: "Let me get this straight, you think one of the wealthiest and most powerful men in the world, who owns the Washington Post and pays out of his own pocket to send rockets to space, won't stand up for himself so your plan is to blackmail this person? Good Luck

It worked swimmingly for Gawker.

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Re: Jeff Bezos Accuses National Enquirer of Blackmail

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Post by [deleted] » Fri, Feb 08, 2019, 1:16 AM UTC

aerovistae wrote: post #24

rjplatte wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Where would you post it if you were him?

I would buy a newspaper and publish it there, maybe. No, nevermind.

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Re: Jeff Bezos Accuses National Enquirer of Blackmail

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Post by gh02t » Fri, Feb 08, 2019, 1:16 AM UTC

labster wrote: post #32

Looks like David Pecker just lost his Prime membership. Enjoy a lifetime of 14 day shipping, bro.

It's amusing to imagine an internal "Bezos shit list" at Amazon, where being on this list causes everything you order get flagged and delayed/mispacked/etc.

Re: Jeff Bezos Accuses National Enquirer of Blackmail

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Post by kentm » Fri, Feb 08, 2019, 1:16 AM UTC

ahoy wrote: post #43

JimmyAustin wrote: post #19

Peter Thiel (worth 2.5b) destroyed Gawker with a contribution of 10m to Hulk Hogan's legal fund. If Bezos contributed a similar proportion of his fortune (112b), he would be contributing 448m. Not only is the National Enquirer about to be in the shitfight of its life, but every single other lawsuit it's going to be facing will be armed to the teeth with amazing legal talent. Couldn't have happened to nicer people.

cool legal system we have where you can literally pay to win

What Gawker did to Hulk Hogan was illegal and unethical. And when they were told to take the video down by a judge they refused to do so. Gawker lost because they were in the wrong and were destroyed because they refused to just take the L