The billionaires' war on journalism

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The Hulk Hogan lawsuit against Gawker, funded by a Silicon Valley billionaire, shows how the rich try to silence journalists, Damaris Colhoun writes: "An entire industry has been created, some of it underground, some of it wide open, all of it aimed at discrediting a journalist’s critical take. Companies and interest groups, often coached by aggressive PR firms, are investing in bare-knuckled strategies to give their media rebuttals more teeth and a wider audience."

June 28, 2016

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