John Pollock, Wai Ting, and Neal Flanagan review Nobody Speak: Trials of the Free Press (2017), a Netflix documentary that examines how wealthy individuals have attempted to suppress free speech in American journalism.
The film explores cases such as billionaire Peter Thiel secretly funding Hulk Hogan’s lawsuit against Gawker over the publication of Hogan’s sex tape, and the Adelson family’s secretive purchase of the Las Vegas Review-Journal. Topics discussed:
- Was Hogan’s sex tape “newsworthy”?
- Hogan’s infamous “Bollea vs. Hogan” penis-length testimony
- How a tasteless joke from a Gawker editor may have cost them the trial
- Why billionaire Peter Thiel secretly bankrolled Hogan’s lawsuit
- The Adelson family’s hidden takeover of the Las Vegas Review-Journal, and the reporters within who exposed it against their owner’s wishes
- Trump-era attacks on media and late-night shows, including Jimmy Kimmel Live
- Why Nobody Speak feels even more relevant today
This subject was selected by Espresso Executive Producer, Neal Flanagan.
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