Gawker is (still) back and (still) worse than ever — just ask Thomas Chatterton Williams. And you may not know the name “Andy Signore,” but if you do it’s probably because he was rather comprehensively #MeTooed back in 2017. Except he provided a lot of evidence to suggest he was innocent — evidence all the media outlets that piled on him seem to have ignored.
Links:
Gawker:
Oldest available version of the article (already updated)
Thomas Chatterton Williams denies, claims he wasn’t even in the same city at the time
What remains of the article now
https://www.gawker.com/media/losers-pal-around-at-alex-jones-film-premiere
What’s going on at Reveal?
https://www.gawker.com/media/whats-going-on-at-reveal
Foot-dragging on a Jesse-related correction:
https://www.gawker.com/media/oh-no-the-anti-trans-bigotry-we-loved-is-starting-to-feel-homophobic
Andy Signore:
The allegations against him
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/04/business/sexual-harassment-whisper-network.html
Andy’s subsequent firing
April Dawn’s public accusations
Emma Bowers’ allegations
Andy Signore’s video, giving his version of events
The texts released by Signore
Other articles — not the absence of exculpatory evidence once it was available:
https://mashable.com/article/screen-junkies-andy-signore-sexual-harassment
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/04/business/sexual-harassment-whisper-network.html
https://variety.com/2017/digital/features/sexual-harassment-new-media-silicon-valley-1202589890/
https://variety.com/2018/biz/news/andy-signore-sues-sexual-harassment-firing-1202914917/
https://variety.com/2019/biz/news/andy-signore-defy-media-settlement-1203252975
Image: PHILADELPHIA, PA - JUNE 03: Andy Signore of Screen Junkies on Day 2 of Wizard World Comic Con Philadelphia 2016 held at Pennsylvania Convention Center on June 3, 2016 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Albert L. Ortega/WireImage)
Episode 125: Tarpley's Hitt Job Reveals The Sad State Of Gawker 2.0 And We Remember The Railroading Of Andy Signore