The beauty of Twitter is that even we don’t have to reward Gawker with a click to find out just what garbage it’s serving its readers that has them so appalled tonight. Journalists in particular are calling out the site for going well beyond the line, and even Gawker senior writer Adam Weinstein has tweeted that he had no part in the piece, nor would he have run it.

I had no part in this. I would not have chosen to run it as is. http://t.co/kHOz1YA87S — Adam Weinstein (@AdamWeinstein) July 17, 2015

@AdamWeinstein And yet you still work at Gawker and report to the guy who ran this story. — Ken Archer (@kenarchersf) July 17, 2015

@AdamWeinstein did you ask them not to run it? I mean, it has absolutely no news value — CindyLou (@cindynorth1) July 17, 2015

@AdamWeinstein This is evil, and the money they made from it pays your salary. The money you make for them, funds shit like this. — John Dies at the End (@JohnDiesattheEn) July 17, 2015

@AdamWeinstein you've helped Gawker become the cesspool that it is. Don't think you can just wash your hands now. — Born Again Jew (@bzyouthdirector) July 17, 2015

@AdamWeinstein i hope someone gets held accountable to this. seriously. — d c m (@starmutations) July 17, 2015

@AdamWeinstein This is reprehensible. Gawker has zero credibility if the writer/editor aren't fired. — Mike Shortt (@Mike_Shortt) July 17, 2015

Speaking of the writer:

conde nast's CFO — the brother of timothy geithner — tried to hire a gay porn star for a night of sex. receipts: http://t.co/JD3IBjcsqx — jordan (@jordansarge) July 17, 2015

To be clear: Geithner not a public figure. Closeted gay. Didn't have affair – backed out. So blackmailer goes to Gawker. Gawker cooperates. — Jeff [email protected] (@EsotericCD) July 17, 2015

It would have been nice if the content of the Planned Parenthood video had managed to elicit this much disgust from reporters, but at least here they have demonstrated they do possess a basic sense of right and wrong.

I dont say this lightly: This is repugnant, shameful journalism @jordansarge. — Michael Barbaro (@mikiebarb) July 17, 2015

Generally supportive of gossip and gawker but this is terrible, repugnant, dishonorable — Juliet Lapidos (@julietlapidos) July 17, 2015

There's no excuse for the Gawker piece, which I won't link to. It's disgraceful, and it shouldn't be referred to as journalism. — Sabrina Siddiqui (@SabrinaSiddiqui) July 17, 2015

what the goddamn hell, Gawker. Seriously. Dude tries a shake down of a closet case, then randomly outs him. https://t.co/FqNkxXKMNI — Justin Ling (@Justin_Ling) July 17, 2015

Those who can, report the news. Those who can't, write gossip columns. Those with no lives or consciences, write for Gawker. — Julia Kite (@juliakite) July 17, 2015

Dont read Gawker much as it is. But that's the end of it for me. — Ben White (@morningmoneyben) July 17, 2015

.@Gawker This was the last straw. I'm not reading Gawker anymore. The editors and Jordan Sargent should be ashamed of themselves. — Eric D. Snider (@EricDSnider) July 17, 2015

I've never seen more opprobrium heaped on a reporter than what @jordansarge @gawker is getting. And I've never seen anyone deserve it more — BGrueskin (@BGrueskin) July 17, 2015

I'm a fan of Gawker & several of its journalists, but that article is reprehensible beyond belief: it's deranged to publish that. — Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) July 17, 2015

Dear Gawker, we do not care about your personal drama. Stop pretending like the private lives of your enemies count as news. #blackmail — Rachel Haywire (@RachelHaywire) July 17, 2015

Why did Gawker cooperate w/blackmailer? Some say it was for clicks, but I have a more elegant thesis: it's b/c they're rotten human beings. — Jeff [email protected] (@EsotericCD) July 17, 2015

Being an awful human being is basically a requirement to work at Gawker. — AG (@AG_Conservative) July 17, 2015

Time for a national conversation about Gawker — Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) July 17, 2015

Stop clicking. Unfollow their writers. Ignore. Social media is a weapon. Use it. — Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) July 17, 2015

So let’s hear your defense of outing Geithner and potentially ruining his life, @jordansarge — Michael C Moynihan (@mcmoynihan) July 17, 2015

(1) Gawker is horrible. (2) So are people who read Gawker.(3) This atrocity will not deter anyone who reads Gawker from reading Gawker. — Gabriel Malor (@gabrielmalor) July 17, 2015

P.S. A note to the editors: releasing a video explaining that Gawker has actually been a conservative website all this time in’t going to fly.