Max Read’s Moralizing Justification for Gawker’s Vile Article

(updated below)

Last night, Gawker published one of the sleaziest and most repugnant articles seen in quite some time from an outlet of its size and stature. The story had no purpose other than to reveal thatthe male, married-to-a-woman Chief Financial Officer of a magazinecompany – basically an executive accountant – hired a male escort. When the escort discovered the real-life identity of his prospective client – he’sthe brother of a former top Obama official–he began blackmailing the CFOby...