Jeff Bezos Accuses National Enquirer of Blackmail • Hacker News Board

Re: Jeff Bezos Accuses National Enquirer of Blackmail

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

saagarjha wrote: post #31

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.

> worth 2.5m You might want to multiply that by three orders of magnitude ;)

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Re: Jeff Bezos Accuses National Enquirer of Blackmail

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

EGreg wrote: post #42

crazypyro wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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

How did he do it

If you are seriously interested, Peter Thiel funded Hulk Hogan's lawsuit surrounding his sex tape and the resulting judgement forced Gawker to declare bankruptcy and end up selling for basically nothing.

Re: Jeff Bezos Accuses National Enquirer of Blackmail

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Post by JimmyAustin » Fri, Feb 08, 2019, 1:17 AM UTC

njarboe wrote: post #30

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.

You surly meant 2.5b not 2.5m.

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Re: Jeff Bezos Accuses National Enquirer of Blackmail

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Post by empath75 » Fri, Feb 08, 2019, 1:17 AM UTC

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

They’re hosted on aws, too.

Re: Jeff Bezos Accuses National Enquirer of Blackmail

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Post by basil-rash » Fri, Feb 08, 2019, 1:17 AM UTC

MaupitiBlue wrote: post #36

basil-rash wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Guys tend to enjoy getting nudes from their SO's. Why would gals be any different?

Because men and women are very different.

Not as much as you might think. Many women like sex and engaging in sexual activities, but historically saying as much gets them labeled as "slut"/"whore"/etc. Doesn't mean they don't share the same sexual desires as men.

TO BE CLEAR: this only applies to exchanges between consenting adult parties. The examples you see on places like r/creepypm's are not that; and to be honest I wouldn't want an unsolicited nude from a woman either. (Though some guys and gals do like that! Which is cool too! That's why sites like chaturbate and unmoderated omegle, as well as the many nsfw reddits, both male and female-targeting, exist)

Re: Jeff Bezos Accuses National Enquirer of Blackmail

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Post by [deleted] » Fri, Feb 08, 2019, 1:17 AM UTC

favorited wrote: post #7

kyleblarson wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It worked swimmingly for Gawker.

Who did Gawker blackmail?

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Re: Jeff Bezos Accuses National Enquirer of Blackmail

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Post by asdfasgasdgasdg » Fri, Feb 08, 2019, 1:19 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.

Since media outlets don't engage in blackmail, there are none involved in this dispute. This is a billionaire versus a filthy, blackmailing rag.

Re: Jeff Bezos Accuses National Enquirer of Blackmail

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Post by CydeWeys » Fri, Feb 08, 2019, 1:20 AM UTC

loeg wrote: post #16

Blogspam; primary source is https://medium.com/@jeffreypbezos/no-thank-you-mr-pecker-146... , discussion https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19109474 .

A New York Times article is not "blogspam".

Re: Jeff Bezos Accuses National Enquirer of Blackmail

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Post by JimmyAustin » Fri, Feb 08, 2019, 1:20 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.

"Billionaries destroying media outlets" is an emergent property from two facts: - Some people can't/don't get justice because they can't afford a lawsuit. - Rich people can give money to poor people to get them that justice.

In order for Bezos to destroy them legally, they still need to have messed up in some way.

Re: Jeff Bezos Accuses National Enquirer of Blackmail

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Post by crazypyro » Fri, Feb 08, 2019, 1:21 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

Yeah, it sucks, but it says more about individuals WITHOUT funding and their complete lack of efficacy. Once any individual with any potentially legitimate complaint is given the resources to fight back, it becomes a much fairer battleground.

In fact, I would argue that these billionaires funding lawsuits like Hulk Hogan's actually allow the average person a higher success chance. Its pragmatism in the face of a ridiculously slanted justice system.