It’s that last one that caused a bit of a stink with Gawker journalist Adam Weinstein. What they reject is today’s male-bashing, propaganda-driven, female chauvinism. Most gamers seem to support equality feminism. Sommers September 1, 2014ĭo video games breed evil? Smart 2005 article from the Economist defends games from hysterical detractors.Must read! Sommers September 1, has received death treats for his exposé of cronyism & twisted gender politics in game industry.Has no plans for video about threats. Gender police in gamer world are going to freak out when they see brutally frank takedown. Finding new support, Sommers posted more about #Gamergate and the feminist reaction surrounding it. In fact, most people seemed to be supportive of the idea that millions of gamers aren’t all potential rapists and internet trolls, something that some individuals find difficult to believe. So don’t confuse them with vicious trolls.Ī fair statement and one that received very little in the way of backlash. They have no desire to hurt anyone.They just love their games. It all began with a single Tweet from a few days ago: Her latest controversy? Daring to suggest that gamers just might be people, something Gawker journalist Adam Weinstein seems to strongly disagree with. She’s regularly attacked via social media by people who disagree with her generally reasonable views. There’s no mention of attempts to pay for Gawker whistleblowers.Author: Mat Growcott Category: News, Date: 2nd September, 2014Ĭhristina Hoff Sommers is the feminist that feminists love to hate thanks to her fact-based criticisms of what the movement has become. The plaintiff assures the court that no past or present employees of Gawker have been interviewed in preparation for the response to the anti-SLAPP motion. “Defendants are in essence asking the Court to penalize Plaintiffs for lacking the resources to hire two large law firms with multiple support staff.”
“There is no conspiracy here,” his attorney tells the judge.
Johnson has filed his own reply to Gawker‘s. There are whistleblowers coming out to talk about how Gawker has built a business out of defamation.” My lawyer and I both decided that it would make more sense to get it right so we’ve filed for an extension. Johnson threatened to join him in this lawsuit to try to elicit his cooperation.”Ī Facebook post by Johnson was also cited.
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Gawker says that Johnson looked to pry privileged information, plus insider info about its business, and “when a former employee was not forthcoming, it appears that Mr. Possible examples might include the inclusion of disclaimers in the article … wording article titles as questions … and possibly the level of protections that ANTI-SLAPP laws offer … ” (Weinstein responded, “lol hey bud remember when u were gonna sue me last summer.”)Īccording to an exhibit attached to Gawker‘s filing, Johnson was willing to pay for “a memo on circumventing defamation laws.” Johnson explained, “I believe that a general counsel or other lawyer has drafted a memo for Gawker, detailing the fundamentals of defamation law, and outlining ways in which Gawker writers can circumvent defamation liability. One of those said to be contacted is Adam Weinstein, who wrote about his break from Gawker after the controversial outing of a Conde Nast executive. Gawkersays its antagonist has attempted to contact former Gawker employees with compensation offers for internal documents. “It fully appears Plaintiff Johnson was actually using the additional time to attempt to gather evidence for his responses using clearly improper means,” states Gawker‘s legal brief. Johnson has requested extensions of time to file a response, but on Tuesday, Gawker had enough. Gawker has responded with an anti-SLAPP motion, speaking about its First Amendment rights and how Johnson’s “provocative journalism” - accusing a New York Times reporter of posing for Playgirl, accusing a New Jersey senator of paying for prostitutes, publishing the home addresses of journalists covering events in Ferguson - has “attracted an avalanche of criticism, with respect to the quality of his reporting and his character, long before the first Gawker piece was published.”īasically, the Nick Denton news site says Johnson can’t prevail in his defamation lawsuit and so it should be tossed sooner rather than later. Laura Linney to Star in Broadway Play 'Summer, 1976'
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