[s73v3r_]

That truly was a case in which there was no good side to it. There was nobody worth rooting for, and no matter who won, it would have been bad. Publishing a private citizen's sex tape is not news, and for that matter, neither is outing someone who is not wanting to be outed. Using your vast wealth to bankroll someone else's lawsuit is also quite shady.

[sjansen]

Agreed. Every time someone expresses outrage at the lawsuit, I want to ask them why Gawker gets a free pass for their behavior. The truth is, they sealed their own fate by stepping outside the bounds of both law and civility.

[oculusthrift]

Well the entire media coverage of the event was on Gawkers side because the media wants to be able to print anything. Therefore if you hadn’t investigated further i could see why you would take Gawkers side.

[RcouF1uZ4gsC]

Not just that, a lot of the media that wrote about it had close friends or sometimes even family members that were employees of Gawker.

[drspacemonkey]

Hell, it's even worse than that. "Sex tape" implies Hogan and a ladyfriend set up a camera and put on a show.

They were recorded having sex via hidden camera, without their knowledge or consent. That's a sex crime that they treated like it was leaked nude selfies.