[kqia040]

I feel like hes allowed to do what he wants with his influence/money/connections. If I fell victim to defamation by a news outlet and I had the ability to put a stop to it, I would.

[commentzorro]

I thought this wasn't a case of defamation. Weren't the claims true but just not the timing Thiel and Co. wanted?

Isn't this (as stated in another post) a case of revenge? (Legal revenge as it were.)

[lovelearning]

If you fell victim to defamation by a news outlet and you had the ability to put a stop to it, why would you sue the defamer anonymously through a proxy and not directly?

[internaut]

You answer your own question.

It's a news outlet.

They can use/abuse their position to make hay in ways nobody else can.