— Spencer Ackerman (@attackerman) August 20, 2013 WH spokesman on govt destroying media hard drives in US: "very difficult to imagine a scenario in which that would be appropriate here".
Asked at his daily briefing on Tuesday whether President Obama's administration would enter a US media company and destroy media hard drives – even to protect national security – the White House spokesman, Josh Earnest (pictured below), replied: That's very difficult to imagine a scenario in which that would be appropriate.
The suit caused consternation among first amendment activists concerned that the ability of a billionaire to use the courts, in secret, to destroy media outlets based on a private grievance – Gawker had previously outed Thiel as gay – would have a depressive effect on freedom of the press.
And if you run a company people already worry is destroying media while claiming not to be a media company, there's little margin for error.
They have driven men and women into hiding and they have given the trolls weapons they never had before, including the ability to destroy media organizations at will.
"A Cry in the Dark" works wonders on so many levels -- as a mature exploration of how religion helps keep some families together, as a prescient reminder of how innocent victims can be destroyed by media bias, public prejudice and judicial carelessness, as a demonstration of the inconceivable power of nature -- that it's shameful such a modern classic has been virtually forgotten.
Sometimes we'll agree with their attempts—such as when Mark Zuckerberg donated $100 million to New Jersey schools and other times we'll be shocked and upset as people have been with many of Peter Thiel's when he set up scholarships for dropouts, funded seasteading, and of course, destroyed a media outlet.
They destroyed our media office and those of relief organizations in Yarmouk.
They kidnapped activists and destroyed the media centre, Radio Fresh and Karama Bus and stole all the equipment.
They kidnapped activists and destroyed the media center, Radio Fresh, and Karama Bus and stole all the equipment.
