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taylorbuley on April 11, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: 3rd Circuit vacates Weev's conviction [pdf]

What I find disturbing: a person brought a piece of news to Gawker. Gawker publishes data then wipes hands clean of almost all coverage while said person sits in jail http://gawker.com/tag/weev

fyrabanks on April 11, 2014 [–]

Not too many stories to cover there. "Breaking News: Weev Still in Jail"

taylorbuley on April 11, 2014 | [–]

This is a story that has developed over many years. Many other news publications found the developments newsworthy.

My guess is that Gawk's lawyers told them not to get involved.

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