Nick Denton Says Gawker's Standards of Publication Are Lower

NBC News correspondent Jamie Gangel recently interviewed Gawker’s Nick Denton for Rock Center.

Gangel presented Denton with words most often used to describe Gawker to find out whether he agrees or not.

Here’s part of that exchange:

Snarky
Yeah

Sexual

Yeah

Nude photos of private parts

If it’s interesting

You report rumors, you don’t always check it out
Yeah

Shameless
Um…yes

Irresponsible

Defined by whom?

Mean

Mean…occasionally

When asked if there is any place he won’t go or if any subject is off limits, he said he doesn’t like to define the answer.

Denton argued that people need to wrap their head around the fact that web publishing is different.

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