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The latter half of Gawker’s story was concerned with relating what Ryan said were his trials and travails after getting evicted from a Texas apartment building. The text messages weren’t especially noteworthy, showing the logistics of the two men arranging to rendezvous in Chicago. Gawker said the man did not want to reveal his identity for “professional reasons” and the story identified him only as “Ryan.” The text messages were purportedly exchanged with David Geithner, the chief financial officer at Condé Nast and brother of former Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner. Gawker staff writer Jordan Sargent on Thursday published text messages that were supposedly handed to the news site by a gay porn star who also worked as an escort. All corners of the Internet on Friday morning seemed to be united in outrage against Gawker for publishing an ethical mess of an article that people said “gay-shamed” and helped blackmail a publishing executive.
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