Media and Journalism, Movies

How Hulk Hogan Ruined America

Hulk's role as a pawn in Peter Thiel's game was just part of a broader war on journalism.

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When Peter Thiel bankrolled Hulk Hogan’s ultimately successful suit against Gawker, he didn’t just make every litigation financier look bad, he struck another blow in a systematic war on journalists waged by the powerful. Nobody Speak: Trials of the Free Press, a new documentary by Brian Knappenberger, probes the Hogan case and other assaults on the press featuring interviews with Gawker principals, the staff of the Las Vegas Review-Journal (the Nevada paper taken over by Sheldon Adelson), and free speech guru Floyd Abrams. Joe and Elie chat with Knappenberger about his film and the challenges facing those we trust to question authority.

Oh, and we have a very serious talk about robot cops.

Earlier: Standard Of Review: The Free Press Is Under Attack In the Netflix Documentary ‘Nobody Speak’

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