This caused a couple of its journalists to start investigating it on their own by calling their contacts. Adelson himself had also denied his ownership in an interview with CNN. The management also did not reveal the new owner of the company to the employees, and denied that the Adelson family was involved when asked about the possibility. The film then covers an incident where casino mogul Sheldon Adelson bought the Las Vegas Review-Journal, while keeping his identity as the buyer a secret, even to the journalists employed by the company. Thiel had reportedly wanted to bring Gawker down for having published an article nine years earlier which outed him as gay. Gawker Media subsequently filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, as a direct result of the lawsuit.
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The film starts with the legal proceedings of professional wrestler Hulk Hogan, who (with the financial backing of billionaire Peter Thiel) had filed a lawsuit against Gawker Media, seeking $100 million in damages for releasing a sex tape featuring him and Heather Clem.
The documentary focuses on two incidents: Peter Thiel financing wrestler Hulk Hogan's lawsuit against Gawker Media, and casino owner Sheldon Adelson's secret purchase of the Las Vegas Review-Journal. The documentary is themed around the effects of big money on American journalism. Nobody Speak: Trials of the Free Press is a 2017 Netflix documentary directed by Brian Knappenberger.
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