‘Today’s Gossip Is Tomorrow’s News’ – Amid The Sexual Harassment Firestorm, A We-Told-You-So By The Founder Of Gawker

Nick Denton: “The headlines are shocking – unless you read Gawker before it was shut down … Those first accounts of sexual harassment – even if anonymous or thinly sourced – give confidence to victims that they are not alone. Gossip, though it draws those motivated by envy and resentment, is also a tool of the powerless.”