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FlyingSquid ,
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Really good news. I know there is a lot of hate for Jezebel, but they were a very useful aggregate for news on abortion, especially after the court struck down Roe v. Wade. And Paste Magazine will likely be a far better company in charge of it than G/O Media.

utopianfiat ,

No clue why there’s hate for them

FlyingSquid ,
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They did some pretty shitty things when they were owned by Gawker (they actually showed a photo of a rape once) and a lot of people weren’t even aware they changed ownership when Gawker got sued into oblivion. More recently, they spent way, way too much time on celebrity trash reporting, but their reporting on abortion topics was solid if you were willing to wade through the shit. My hope is for much less shit and more of that reporting.

jmcs ,

Oh wow, I didn’t know about the rape article, the worst I knew from that era was the article defending domestic violence against men (which is still online without retraction). Gawker Media really was a toxic cesspool.

FlyingSquid ,
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Definitely. I’m very glad they’re gone, although it’s bullshit that Peter Thiel funded the lawsuit against him after they outed him. Don’t get me wrong, they totally deserved it for what they did with Hulk Hogan (who is also a piece of shit), but I am guessing Gawker would have survived if Thiel hadn’t hired the best lawyers his fortune could buy. It just shows how uneven the justice system is.

thrawn ,

I actually see that case as the other side of that same coin. It’s been a long time but I vaguely recall Gawker featuring other unethical/likely illegal content like that. They were a large company with a legal team though, so they were difficult to challenge.

That it required someone of that ghoul Thiel’s resources to take them to court demonstrates an unevenness in itself. It’s wildly expensive to sue a large company even if they’re legally in the wrong, granting them a built in protection against claims.

ryathal ,

They had some pretty heavy biased reporting. It was a feminist news source, but their version of feminism was pretty toxic. If you weren’t their version of woman (not necessarily in the Trans sense), you were fair game and they attacked you while supporting other women doing very similar things.

Ultimately they probably caused more harm than good with their articles.

utopianfiat ,

I mean to be fair feminism doesn’t mean “treat every woman with kid gloves”

ryathal ,

But it does mean you shouldn’t slut shame woman A for being in playboy and tell woman B to slut it up.

utopianfiat ,

I have no idea what you’re talking about so it doesn’t really make sense to accuse me of defending that.

girlfreddy ,
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If you’re unsure what they’re saying, maybe you should ask first before justifying your opinion.

utopianfiat ,

That’s exactly what I’m doing

What the fuck is this

ryathal ,

I’m talking about what jezebel did, it wasn’t treating women with kid gloves, it was treating similar acts of women completely differently because one wasn’t their ideal woman.

utopianfiat ,

What are you talking about specifically?

QuarterSwede ,
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Definitely. It’s a trash rag and I was glad they were being put to pasture. Oh well.

interceder270 ,

People like to hate things to fit in 🤷

Pratai ,

They had a lot of toxic and hateful articles.

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