Gawker claimed that it was ready, too, and had been for a long time. A Valleywag editor had, in 2006, complained in an interview that for all the traffic he’d snagged and media attention they’d gotten, what was really missing was a legitimate legal challenge. “We haven’t gotten a serious legal threat so far,” he said. “We’re still waiting for a good solid cease-and-desist and a good lawsuit.” They fired him for saying it . . . but they rehired him a few months later.
