I dislike Mother Jones politics, for the most part. But I think…

I dislike Mother Jones politics, for the most part. But I think lawsuits like this are a great hazard to independent journalism. Most libertarian publications are small as well, and a wealthy billionaire with a liberal bent could get them shut down with lawsuits too (even if they technically "won" the cases). This is why I think Thiel's backing of Hogan's case against Gawker was a mistake.

http://www.motherjones.com/media/2015/10/mother-jones-vandersloot-melaleuca-lawsuit