Hogan - whose real name is Terry Bollea - was the subject of a 2012 Gawker post titled "Even for a Minute, Watching Hulk Hogan Have Sex in a Canopy Bed is Not Safe For Work but Watch it Anyway." The post included a portion of a Hogan sex tape. In an interview two years later, Thiel compared Valleywag's writers to terrorists. Thiel was a repeated subject of the defunct Gawker blog Valleywag, which wrote a story in 2007 titled, "Peter Thiel is totally gay, people." What the two men have in common is disdain for Gawker. Denton is still optimistic that Gawker will eventually win on appeal.īut for the time being, Hogan and Thiel are the victors. Gawker Media is in the midst of bankruptcy proceedings as a result of Hogan's successful lawsuit against the company.
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"I agree that America has problems that can only be solved through frank and free expression," he said.ĭenton, of course, has challenged Thiel to a public debate. Via Gchat, Gawker Media founder Nick Denton responded to the call for "frank" talk. I don't think we can fix our problems unless we can talk about them frankly." In a statement provided to CNN, Thiel said, "Many people are uncertain in this election year, but most Americans agree that our country is on the wrong track. Thursday's news that Thiel will speak at the convention came on the same day that dozens of technology CEOs and investors published an "open letter" opposing Trump. "I don't know him, but I respect him," Trump said.
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