There was nothing newsworthy or journalistic about Gawker Media facilitating and encouraging the public’s violation of Plaintiff’s copyright in the screenplay, and its conduct will not shield Gawker Media from liability for their unlawful activity.”Īs such, not exactly a Monday to be celebrated by Gawker, although in absence of the Tarantino news the site might well enjoy Girls‘ critiques as a kind of backhanded homage.
The article then contains multiple direct links for downloading the entire screenplay through a conveniently anonymous URL by simply clicking button-links on the Gawker page, and brazenly encourages Gawker visitors to read the screenplay illegally with an invitation to ‘enjoy’ it. From 2013 to 2015, I was a senior writer for Gawker. Their headline boasts, ‘Here is the leaked Quentin Tarantino Hateful Eight Script’ - here, not someplace else, but ‘here’ on the Gawker website. Previously, I was a senior investigative editor for a startup created by ABC News and Univision. Rather than merely publishing a news story reporting that Plaintiff’s screenplay may have been circulating in Hollywood without his permission, Gawker Media crossed the journalistic line by promoting itself to the public as the first source to read the entire screenplay illegally. “Gawker Media has made a business of predatory journalism, violating people’s right to make a buck. News spread that venerated filmmaker Quentin Tarantino had opened a lawsuit against the website for the publication of a link to his leaked screenplay The Hateful Eight, which we heard just last week was making its rounds throughout Hollywood against the director’s wishes, on its subsidiary Defamer.Ī Deadline report shares a piece of Tarantino’s suit: On Monday morning, Gawker found itself the subject of controversy, and not just in the comments sections of Girls recaps. Attention was diverted away from Gawker when the scene’s conversation jumped to feminist site Jezebel, which recently caught fire for chastising Dunham’s touched-up Vogue cover and subsequently sharing a selection of “authentic” photos of the writer/actress (the episode was, of course, completed prior to Jezebel’s article). Hannah, Dunham’s mouthpiece for all things misguided, celebrated the website’s pithy report of an in-universe death, while her boyfriend Adam chastised the blog for its carnal nature. New York-based media website Gawker was the subject of Lena Dunham’s criticism on this week’s episode of Girls. For the past couple of years he's written largely about national security under the 'Fortress America. Another celebrity files a lawsuit against you the morning after? Okay, you’re not having the best start to this week. (Photo: Adam Weinstein) Adam Weinstein is one of Gawker's smartest and most talented voices. The tweet came from Cruz's deputy chief of staff Nick Muzin just after a doctor in New York who had just returned from Guinea, where he was treating Ebola patients, was diagnosed Thursday with the dreaded disease.One celebrity throws some shade your way on her television program? Meh, sleep it off. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, deleted a "bad joke" from Twitter on Thursday night that blamed Obamacare for the recent Ebola outbreak in the United States. Deleted." Fechter, Joshua I/Twitter Show More Show LessĪ senior adviser to U.S.
Cruz's deputy chief of staff Nick Muzin later deleted the tweet and sent another tweet, "Earlier tweet was a bad joke, my sarcasm did not translate well online. 23, 2014, that tried to blame Obamacare for the recent Ebola outbreak in the United States.
Ted Cruz, R-Texas, deleted a "bad joke" from Twitter on Oct. Fechter, Joshua I/Twitter Show More Show Less 2 of2 A senior adviser to U.S. vs reposting links (forgot Adam Weinstein) were completely replaceable or. "Before Obamacare, there had never been a confirmed case of Ebola in the U.S.," Cruz's deputy chief of staff Nick Muzin tweeted, according to a screenshot tweeted by Gawker reporter Adam Weinstein. We were, do you need a Gawker staffer to aggregate my post and highlight the.