Gawker
| A formerly highly popular website which helped expose The Deep State. In 2014 it published 3 important exposes by Mark Gorton. In 2015 it published parts of Epstein's black book. Closed in 2016 by harassment lawsuits. |
Started: 2002
Ended: 22 August 2016
Founder: Nick Denton
Owner: Univision Communications
Main focus: Celebrities, Silicon Valley
Exposed: Deep State
Gawker was a website started in 2002, formerly one of the 500 most popular websites globally.[1]
Exposure of the Deep State
Fifty Years of the Deep State
In 2014, Gawker published three documents which are archived here, under the title The Astounding Conspiracy Theories of Wall Street Genius Mark Gorton
Epsteins's Black Book
In 2015 it published parts of Jeffrey Epstein's 97-page infamous black book, which contained the names and contact details of almost 2,000 people including world leaders, celebrities and businessmen, with some redactions. This was sealed in 2021 by the US judge who tried Ghislaine Maxwell.[2]
Closure
The site became inactive on 22nd August, 2016. Tom Scocca wrote that "a lie with a billion dollars behind it is stronger than the truth. Peter Thiel has shut down Gawker.com."[3] Not having grounds to sue for the unfavorable coverage of himself, Thiel instead encouraged and helped a proxy to win a privacy lawsuit claim of $140 million.[4] People in Silicon Valley connected to Thiel told him to do something about Gawker, since their reporting complicated business deals.[5]
References
- ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20140528094544/http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/gawker.com
- ↑ https://thepostmillennial.com/ghislaine-maxwells-little-black-book-other-documents-sealed-by-court
- ↑ http://gawker.com/gawker-was-murdered-by-gaslight-1785456581
- ↑ http://gawker.com/how-things-work-1785604699
- ↑ https://www.gawker.com/this-is-why-billionaire-peter-thiel-wants-to-end-gawker-1778734026 saved at Archive.org saved at Archive.is