Billionaires And Free Speech (Tom Ashbrook, On Point)

You know the basics of this case. Hulk Hogan made a sex tape. Gawker Media published it. Hulk sued. A jury awarded him $140 million for invasion of privacy. But last week we also learned that suit was backed – to the tune of maybe $10 million - by Silicon Valley billionaire Peter Thiel. Thiel had a grudge against Gawker. Now Gawker could go out of business, at the hands of an angry billionaire. This hour On Point, big money and free speech – the billionaire versus Gawker. — Tom Ashbrook
Interview:
http://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2016/06/01/gawker-peter-thiel-hulk-hogan