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This is the biggest problem with billionaire Thiel's Gawker attack, Swisher says

Swisher: Most of Silicon Valley is too nice to the tech sector
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Swisher: Most of Silicon Valley is too nice to the tech sector

Recode Executive Editor Kara Swisher on Friday said she is troubled by billionaire tech investor Peter Thiel's attack on Gawker Media because it was carried out in secrecy.

"If he's so proud of doing what he's doing, and he really thinks he's doing philanthropy or God's work, or whatever, why not say it? Why not say what you're doing?" she told CNBC's "Squawk Alley."

Peter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and Palantir.
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