Hulk Hogan doesn't want daughter with "f--king n--gers" unless he is an 8 ft tall basketball player

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4. I remember when this happened eight years ago -- why is it such a BFD now?

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(Gets off shiftless lazy ass and does her own research)

Fortune.com:

An audio tape in which Hulk Hogan uses vile language to describe black men is bad news for the wrestling star, who on Friday lost a three-decade contract with World Wrestling Entertainment. But it may bring good news for Gawker Media.

The embattled gossip site is facing a $100 million privacy lawsuit from Hogan over a sex tape and, last week, incurred widespread condemnation over a separate story involving an unnamed male escort trying to blackmail an executive at a major media company. The decision to publish and then remove the article prompted an internal meltdown at Gawker and also led some to suggest it would hurt the company’s chances with a jury in the Hogan case.

Now, the racist rant could help support Gawker’s defense: First, that Hogan is a public figure. Second, that the website had a First Amendment right to publish a short clip of the sex tape to prove its existence, and because Hogan’s behavior—including his having sex with the then-wife of a minor celebrity—is newsworthy. The woman in the tape is Heather Clem, who was at time married to Hogan’s friend, a Florida DJ known as Bubba the Love Sponge.

This does not, of course, mean Gawker will prevail at the jury trial...But for now the release of the Hogan outburst is an unexpected boost for Gawker in one of its darkest hours.

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