Genre: Documentary
Directed by: Brian Knappenberger
Running Time: 95 minutes
This 2017 Netflix
documentary discusses the impact of money from rich people on journalism. The
main focus is on two cases, which are Hulk Hogan’s lawsuit against the website
Gawker for revealing the content of a sex tape the former wrestler was involved
in and the purchase of the Las Vegas Review Journal by casino owner Sheldon
Adelson.
In the first case, it
was quite hard to feel bad for Gawker, though they tried hard to play the
victim. They tried to liken themselves to the journalists who revealed the
Watergate thing, but they were mostly sleazy bullies with no money who pissed
off the wrong people. The whole thing was still interesting, very
freakshow-like.
The case of the Las
Vegas Review Journal was very interesting. As a former journalist, I found the
whole thing very compelling.
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