Gawker founder Nick Denton said he “absolutely” regrets publishing some stories, but doesn’t feel the consequences are as serious as a mistake the New York Times made.
“I don’t think we’ve ever made a misstep as big as say the New York Times’ reporting of Saddam Hussein‘s weapons of mass destruction,” Denton told Time. “We haven’t gotten anybody into any wars. But we’ve absolutely made mistakes.”
“If you’re not making some [mistakes], you’re probably not doing your job,” he added during the interview.
The New York Times famously reported that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction, which is why George W.