Oh sure, I’m sure the outcome will change somewhat (though maybe not soon enough). I’m sure it’ll matter where the judgment was handed down, but I have a feeling Hogan’s settlement will be trimmed rather than axed.
As far as ethics go, I look at it this way- Gawker (rightly) mocked Gamergaters’ uproar over “journalistic integrity” (no argument here- I feel they were on the right side of that). Then they turned around and blew up not one but two people’s sex lives and almost immediately began using almost exactly the same language to justify these decisions. How is what they did different? And if Gamergate was wrong, how were their stories above reproach? Feels like the flipside of the same dumb coin to me.
