Gawker
A formerly highly popular website which helped expose The Deep State. In 2014 it published 3 important exposes by Mark Gorton. Closed in 2016 by harassment lawsuits. |
Started: 2002
Ended: 22 August 2016
Founder: Nick Denton
Owner: Univision Communications
Exposed: Deep State
Gawker was a website started in 2002, formerly one of the 500 most popular websites globally.[1]
Contents
Exposure of the Deep State
Fifty Years of the Deep State
In 2014, Gawker published three documents by Mark Gorton, under the title 'The Astounding Conspiracy Theories of Wall Street Genius Mark Gorton'
Maxwell's Black Book
In 2015 it published parts of Ghislaine Maxwell/Jeffry Epstein' 97-page book, containing the names and contact details of almost 2,000 people including world leaders, celebrities and businessmen, with some redactions. This was sealed in 2021 by the US judge who tried Ghislaine Maxwell.[2]
Closure
The site became inactive on 22nd August, 2016. Tom Scocca wrote that "a lie with a billion dollars behind it is stronger than the truth. Peter Thiel has shut down Gawker.com."[3] Not having grounds to sue for the unfavorable coverage of himself, Thiel instead encouraged and helped a proxy to win a privacy lawsuit claim of $140 million.[4]
Documents sourced from Gawker
Title | Type | Subject(s) | Publication date | Author(s) | Description |
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Document:Fifty Years of the Deep State | book | Deep state CIA 9-11 George H. W. Bush JFK/Assassination RFK/Assassination MLK/Assassination | 22 November 2013 | Mark Gorton | A detailed overview of the modern US deep state which names names, the most prominent of which, George H. W. Bush, is exposed as the kingpin of the US Deep state and probable a key mover behind the 9/11 plot. |
Document:The Coup of '63, Part 1 | essay | Deep politics US/Deep state JFK Assassination | 10 April 2014 | Mark Gorton | Part 1 of Mark Gorton's summary of the JFK assassination. |
Document:The Political Dominance of The Cabal | essay | Deep politics 9-11 Bush Family US/Deep state | 2 March 2014 | Mark Gorton | The story of an American political cabal so powerful that it has been able to repress knowledge of its existence for 50 years, and the hidden history of the political force that has dominated American politics for the last 50 years. |