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IIRC, they tried to make a first amendment argument about ... releasing someones sex tape without their consent. Oh, and, of course, calling that "journalism."


If that's all you got out of it, you should watch it again. Or maybe just read this synopsis: http://www.businessinsider.de/sundance-nobody-speak-gawker-h...


Okay, sure. If I gave a more charitable spoiler, it might be: The documentary expresses that society requires an independent free press. That's their main point. Trying to make that point through the Gawker case is, IMHO, completely divorced from reality.




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