You wouldn't say that if some private aspect of your own life was revealed to the public without your consent.
Again, he's a public figure.
I don't think you understand how this is an abuse of money on the juritary system.
I think you've bought into a narrative created by fearful journalists.
Trust me, Hulk Hogan and Thiel aren't friends, he just has a personal vendeta with it.
And I think you bought into a narrative of Silicon Valley cocksuckers ;-)
And it's not as if gawker doesn't regularly break important news -- viz the crack mayor, Chris Lee / republicans cruising for strange, etc.
The issue wasn't that Gawker published that Hogan wasn't having an affair.
Again: the story wasn't the issue. The story didn't go to trial. The jury was not deciding whether Gawker had a right to publish the story.
The issue was Gawker publishing a sex tape to go with the story.
The sex tape was apparently legal as under first amendment law as understood by lawyers at the time gawker published it.