Chmielewska-Szlajfer
@hchsz.bsky.social
Online tabloids, news avoidance, citizens.
Assoc Prof #DigMiNDS #KozminskiUni, Visiting Fellow @lsemedia.bsky.social, Sociology PhD @thenewschool.bsky.social, Habilitation @polskaakademianauk.bsky.social
www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2671-not-kidding
Assoc Prof #DigMiNDS #KozminskiUni, Visiting Fellow @lsemedia.bsky.social, Sociology PhD @thenewschool.bsky.social, Habilitation @polskaakademianauk.bsky.social
www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2671-not-kidding
How?
The state has a law that requires defendants to put money into escrow before an appeal, and after years spent in court, $50MM proved too much for Gawker, so it filed for bankruptcy instead.
Mar-a-Lago comes in handy in so many ways.
More in my book: www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2671-n...
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The state has a law that requires defendants to put money into escrow before an appeal, and after years spent in court, $50MM proved too much for Gawker, so it filed for bankruptcy instead.
Mar-a-Lago comes in handy in so many ways.
More in my book: www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2671-n...
/4
(Not) Kidding
www.haymarketbooks.org
November 11, 2025 at 7:59 PM
How?
The state has a law that requires defendants to put money into escrow before an appeal, and after years spent in court, $50MM proved too much for Gawker, so it filed for bankruptcy instead.
Mar-a-Lago comes in handy in so many ways.
More in my book: www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2671-n...
/4
The state has a law that requires defendants to put money into escrow before an appeal, and after years spent in court, $50MM proved too much for Gawker, so it filed for bankruptcy instead.
Mar-a-Lago comes in handy in so many ways.
More in my book: www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2671-n...
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Why Florida, you ask?
Because Florida has a legal system that allowed Peter Thiel to bankrupt Gawker in the middle of a lawsuit drama concerning the publication of Hulk Hogan's sex tape.
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Because Florida has a legal system that allowed Peter Thiel to bankrupt Gawker in the middle of a lawsuit drama concerning the publication of Hulk Hogan's sex tape.
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(Not) Kidding
www.haymarketbooks.org
November 11, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Why Florida, you ask?
Because Florida has a legal system that allowed Peter Thiel to bankrupt Gawker in the middle of a lawsuit drama concerning the publication of Hulk Hogan's sex tape.
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Because Florida has a legal system that allowed Peter Thiel to bankrupt Gawker in the middle of a lawsuit drama concerning the publication of Hulk Hogan's sex tape.
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But because this is Trump anything is possible.
So, in the US, a country famous for its freedom of speech which court would he turn to? If recent history is any guide, the 45th and 47th POTUS could be successful in Florida.
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So, in the US, a country famous for its freedom of speech which court would he turn to? If recent history is any guide, the 45th and 47th POTUS could be successful in Florida.
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(Not) Kidding
www.haymarketbooks.org
November 11, 2025 at 7:59 PM
But because this is Trump anything is possible.
So, in the US, a country famous for its freedom of speech which court would he turn to? If recent history is any guide, the 45th and 47th POTUS could be successful in Florida.
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So, in the US, a country famous for its freedom of speech which court would he turn to? If recent history is any guide, the 45th and 47th POTUS could be successful in Florida.
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The report is here: newslit.org/news-and-res...
Report: “Biased,” “Boring” and “Bad”: Unpacking perceptions of news media and journalism among U.S. teens - The News Literacy Project
This follow-up survey, which recontacted more than 750 respondents from the News Literacy Project’s 2024 News Literacy in America Report, sought to better understand the nature of teen distrust in new...
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November 10, 2025 at 4:02 PM
The report is here: newslit.org/news-and-res...
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