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    The Alvin Greene DreamJ.K. Trotter
    8/07/16 12:14pm

    But, you know, Gawker posted a video clip of a public figure boning his friend’s wife and reported on the well-known, open-rumor sexual orientation of a Silicon Valley bigwig, so let’s watch with glee as the company and its journalists are taken down by corporate media fatcats and billionaires with absolutely no axes to grind. There are no basic principles at stake here, only the issue of Gawker’s unforgivable “sleaziness.”

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      Ladybug2The Alvin Greene Dream
      8/07/16 12:24pm

      Or we can call out Gawker for the Hogan video and outing the random Conde Nast guy while realizing that Thiel and Ailes are shitlords who should be exposed. We don’t have to choose one or the other. We should encourage GM to do better and not gloss over their BS.

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      Kent HrbekThe Alvin Greene Dream
      8/07/16 12:26pm

      Gawker can’t decide what it is... a gossip tabloid or mother jones for the vice generation. Maybe if they would have accepted their tabloid status they would have had better lawyers. Tabloids stay in business because they have really good lawyers. Getting fucked by Thiel is sort of bad but $100 millionaire Nick Denton should have been able to put up a better fight against $1 billionaire Peter Thiel. They really blew it in the courtroom.

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    Quasar FunkJ.K. Trotter
    8/07/16 12:09pm

    Roger Ailes has pictures of Hamilton Nolan eating Chobani.

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      Elderberry HamsterQuasar Funk
      8/07/16 12:10pm

      In Boston.

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      Shannen Doherty Has CancerQuasar Funk
      8/07/16 12:11pm

      How much can one poor investigator take? It’s all Chobani, super squats and despair.

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    GOT NO DINGITYJ.K. Trotter
    8/07/16 12:24pm

    The funniest part of this whole comeuppance is this: Ailes didn’t work for Big Oil or Big Tobacco or another corporate wasteland with disdain for journalism and a sworn mission to subvert it. He engaged in these activities while building a “journalism” empire. And for some reason, felt safe and assured that they’d never come to light?

    He basically built a huge echo chamber where real journalism is belittled and discredited. It’s like it never occurred to him that journalism—the very thing he pretended to improve and protect—would be the thing that brought him down. Didn’t even enter his mind.

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      Kenhe LoginGOT NO DINGITY
      8/07/16 12:55pm

      Gretchen Carlson’s lawsuit is what brought him down, really, but your post is excellent.

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      Group B-raaaaaaaaaap!Kenhe Login
      8/07/16 1:15pm

      I agree to an extent, but the lawsuit on its own wasn’t quite enough. I do think other outlets and their gleeful schadenfreude was a big factor in getting many other victims to come forward. Once it was evident that the GodKing was mortal after all, they felt empowered to join the fray. And it was that uncomfortable spotlight being shone on this giant hissing cockroach which made him toxic and ultimately forced Rupert’s wrinkly old bloodstained hand to deep six Darth Roger.

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    PithyTheElderJ.K. Trotter
    8/07/16 12:13pm

    To: R. Ailes

    From: B. Dietl

    Re: Nolan Surveillance 8.12.14 Report

    Followed subject from residence to abandoned warehouse in Brookyln. Subject performed squat thrusts for approx. 3 hours in silence and appeared to pass out. Subject awoke and returned to residence, stopping to purchase several containers of yogurt.

    END REPORT

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      qdanielsPithyTheElder
      8/07/16 12:23pm

      Seriously, though: “It’s unclear why News Corporation shareholders were paying for security guards to tail former staffers for Ailes’ unrelated vanity projects,” Cook and Nolan noted.

      This could be the start of an excellent shareholder derivative suit.

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      Clutchman83PithyTheElder
      8/07/16 1:47pm

      The report failed to mention he passed out in a cardboard box. And he was quite comfortable.

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    lwleanderJ.K. Trotter
    8/07/16 12:25pm

    Jesus, what a fucking rotten human being on every imaginable level. Conservatives really need to take some time and look in the mirror and ask them selves what kind of country they want.

    Sadly, I think They’ve already done that.

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      Kenhe Loginlwleander
      8/07/16 12:57pm

      I think the ends justify the means is more conservative than liberal, but it should be abhorrent to all.

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      SleazycheeksKenhe Login
      8/07/16 2:03pm

      I think the ends justify the means is more conservative than liberal

      “I believe marriage is between a man and a woman. I am not in favor of gay marriage.” - Barack Obama, 2008

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    Sid and FinancyJ.K. Trotter
    8/07/16 12:12pm

    I’m trying to imagine what info you could leak about Gawker writers that would harm their reputations. That they secretly have master’s degrees from Columbia j-school?

    #SaidWithLove

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      RubinsteinSid and Financy
      8/07/16 12:24pm

      That harms Columbia J school more, though.

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      I Can't WaitSid and Financy
      8/07/16 1:49pm

      I don’t know if you knew this, but Anna Merlan has a Masters in Journalism from Columbia. She’s very humble about it and is reluctant to tell people.

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    MisterMcGibbletsJ.K. Trotter
    8/07/16 12:12pm

    We need to see the HamNo report! “Workout technique actually not that great. Secretly watches every Patriots game, while wearing an official, licensed jersey. Buys Chobani in bulk for use as a masturbatory aid.”

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      KillBristolMisterMcGibblets
      8/07/16 12:18pm

      In one of his six luxury Manhattan apartments

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      MisterMcGibbletsKillBristol
      8/07/16 12:21pm

      That he inherited from his father who made a fortune in hedge funds. He’s never seen the other 5, but he refuses to sell or rent them.

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    ManchuCandidateJ.K. Trotter
    8/07/16 12:19pm

    Every squat you take and every contrarian post you make
    Every hedge fund you break, every Chobani you take, I’ll be watching you
    Every blog post and everything you say
    Every Pokemon you catch, every swipe you match, I’ll be watching you

    Oh, can’t you see you threaten me
    How my hamburger balls ache with every step you take

    Every move you make, every vow you break
    Every smile you fake, every claim you stake, I’ll be watching you

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      FarmhandManchuCandidate
      8/07/16 12:25pm

      Glorious.

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      Mr.PeepersManchuCandidate
      8/07/16 1:57pm

      Chobani McSquat vs Hamburger Balls set to the fuckin Police? This should be the #1 post.

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    Fred Garvin Male ProstituteJ.K. Trotter
    8/07/16 1:04pm

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      Mr.PeepersFred Garvin Male Prostitute
      8/07/16 2:08pm

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      Fred Garvin Male ProstituteMr.Peepers
      8/07/16 2:16pm
      GIF

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    Kenhe LoginJ.K. Trotter
    8/07/16 12:46pm

    They can get rid of Ailes, but can they find all of the horcruxes. Also, Murdoch taking over is in terms of evil is at best a lateral move. Beelzebub out, Lucifer back in.

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      Mr.PeepersKenhe Login
      8/07/16 2:03pm

      Is that the satanic trinity or sumthin? I wonder if he’d offer it to Ginger Snap - his red haired foxy minx.

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      GDSmithMr.Peepers
      8/07/16 3:04pm

      Foxy? [ shudder ] No.

      I like redheads - they’re my favorite - but that one makes my skin crawl.

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