If you're a powerful Silicon Valley billionaire, and there's a media house which actively points out flaws in your investments, can you do something about it? If you're Peter Thiel, you certainly can. The New York Times and Forbes magazine have independently reported that Thiel has been funding a steady stream of lawsuits -- including three different ones filed by Hulk Hogan -- to destroy Gawker Media . Gawker reports:Jay Rosen, media critic and a professor of journalism at New York University, said : Trying to kill a publication you don't like by funding lawsuits against them isn't very libertarian, is it?