Seriously @annie_goldsmith? Your puff piece about Taylor Lorenz (where you oddly put a photo of me next to political public figures) has no mention of the lawsuit against Lorenz or WHY she was sued. It also mischaracterizes why people criticize her & her own attacks on women.🧵
I had to sign up for @theinformation and pay $39 to a publication I’ll never read just to see why my photo was associated to Taylor Lorenz in your article. And to my surprise- no mention of me, the claims in the lawsuit or why I went on Tucker Carlson. 🧵 Let me help you out…
“She [Taylor Lorenz] just keeps putting out bangers.” @oneunderscore__ Ben Collins NBC.
Ben - Did you know she wrote a “banger” about me full of lies basically inferring that I spied on kids, stole from them and leaked their nudes? All FALSE ideas that can be proven in court?
Is she really a “scoop machine” @malitzd - or does she have powerful friends in elite circles?
She “broke” the story that launched Charli D’Amelio into super stardom & then D’Amelio signed to the same talent agency as Lorenz, UTA. Lorenz then wrote a separate puff piece on UTA.
Is Taylor Lorenz a “scoop machine” or did she encourage teenagers to obtain potentially illegally recorded conversations with the White House and TikTokers for her story that SNL mocked?
Is Taylor Lorenz a “scoop machine” or is she just “buddies” with @wiczipedia? Nina was a Biden appointed govn’t board leader (a powerful position) who has supported Lorenz publicly even when Lorenz was caught lying about Clubhouse investor Marc Andreesen. 🧵
Oh @annie_goldsmith - I bet you were so interested in your subject Taylor Lorenz that you watched all 78 minutes of this well-researched video pointing out all of Lorenz’s lies (produced btw by a liberal leaning journalist) @BostWiki -
Putting me next to Taylor Lorenz critics like Tucker Carlson @annie_goldsmith - did u consider how many Lorenz lovers like u disregarded my story? Did u consider my career that was demolished by lies? Or did you want to paint me as a right wing nut who attacks an innocent journo?
Let me be clear: MY CASE IS NOT POLITICAL. Taylor Lorenz lied & wrote a hit piece that killed my American dream presumably for click bait & to maliciously please her talent agency who wanted my clients & likely wanted my reputation destroyed. I went on Tucker so I could be heard.
If people care abt #JusticeForJohnnyDepp after watching how lies can destroy a person’s CHARACTER & the life shattering mess that ensues - I hope they consider what Taylor Lorenz did to me. She has been called the Amber Heard of journalism. See 4 yourself bit.ly/3NIxJuc
The founding editor of Gawker (a media co. forced shut down after losing a defamation lawsuit funded by tech VC @peterthiel) tells @annie_goldsmith that she thinks Taylor Lorenz is a vulnerable target of @pmarca & @balajis bc she’s a woman. No - Lorenz literally got caught lying.
Here’s the scariest part of @annie_goldsmith’s hagiography of Taylor Lorenz - she mentions all the young journos who dream of becoming just like Taylor. Imagine if all little girls with acting ambitions wanted to be Amber Heard. Are we creating a culture for professional victims?
Think: If 86% of young Americans aspire to be influencers - and if Taylor Lorenz holds the key to make or break their careers - she doesn’t just have power thru her MSM allies but she’s also grooming influencers w hundreds of millions of followers to follow her narrative or else.
Taylor Lorenz’s lack of accuracy & ethics caused the public vitriol towards her.
While mean tweets suck, I promise it sucks much worse to have an empty bank account and a legacy tarnished by Lorenz’s lies.
🚨 Candace, Candace, Candace… you were so close. You had it—Taylor Swift’s PR empire, Ronan Farrow playing industry nepo-enforcer, The NYT running protection—but then you lost the plot. 🧵
Justin Baldoni vs. Blake Lively is a textbook NYT takedown—a playbook I know firsthand.
You really think the NYT wouldn’t “risk their reputation” for Blake Lively? Girl. That’s not a risk for them—it’s their entire business model.
The NYT doesn’t make moves based on reputation. They make them based on who benefits.
And trust me, a lot of people benefited from taking down Baldoni.
Let’s explore, shall we?
The NYT got a juicy Hollywood feud to milk for clicks and to keep their “we break every MeToo story” branding alive.
Lively’s publicist took out top entertainment PR heavyweights—Melissa Nathan, Jennifer Abel, and Jed Wallace—some of the biggest names in crisis and Hollywood publicity.
And Taylor Swift? She got to take a jab at Scooter Braun—who just so happens to have funded the crisis PR firm run by Melissa Nathan, one of the key players behind Johnny Depp’s comeback. 🤔
I’m not a gossip reporter. I run a startup, and in 2 weeks I’ve pulled 3 all-nighters covering the Justin Baldoni vs. Blake Lively saga after working my regular day.
Here’s why I’m going to keep covering it—and why you should care. 🧵
Smear campaigns are real. They’re designed to destroy reputations, ruin lives, and shift public opinion.
And while Justin Baldoni is lucky to have a billionaire backing him, most people don’t stand a chance when they’re targeted.
Regular people can’t fight Hollywood power players, PR firms, or media outlets with unlimited budgets. Their only hope?
If YOU, the public, learn how to decipher smear tactics and call them out when you see them.
You might hate me for saying this, but creators are already moving on from TikT*k—and it’s not to 𝕏.
It’s a Chinese app called RedNote.👇🏽
RedNote, aka Xiaohongshu, is basically the Chinese owned version of TikTok mixed with Pinterest. And Americans? They’re downloading it like it’s Black Friday at Target.
People are giggling in bed setting up their profiles and asking Chinese users, “How do you feel about us being here?” The top comment? “In the club, we all fam.”
Here’s the shady part: RedNote’s terms of service require you to follow Chinese laws—even if you’re not in China. Sounds like a trap, right?”
Break them while you’re in the U.S.? You’re fine. But if you travel to China? Welcome to Midnight Express: The Sequel—but this time, you’re stuck in a Chinese jail for breaking app rules.
Just move to another platform’ or ‘build a new algorithm.’ That’s what lawmakers & the Supreme Court say about TikTok.
But TikTok isn’t just any algorithm—it’s the only one where anyone can go viral overnight. Here’s what made the TikTok algo as addicting as your toxic ex:🧵
TikTok’s algorithm is built on discovery, not popularity.
When you post a video, it doesn’t care if you have 12 followers or 12 million. It shows your content to ~300 random people and analyzes their behavior:
Did they rewatch?
Did they finish it?
Did they share it?
Based on these interactions, TikTok calculates a “goodness score.”
These clauses are common in high-profile contracts. They allow termination if someone’s actions—legal or not—damage a brand or project.
Possible Examples?
•Roseanne: Offensive tweets.
•Kevin Spacey: Misconduct allegations.
•Johnny Depp: Bad press & lawsuits.
If Baldoni’s deal had a morality clause, Hoover or Sony could have an out if his behavior caused reputational harm.
It might explain why Lively’s complaint emphasizes harm to the project’s image. This could be about the movie rights—not just the allegations.
What would this look like?
•Trigger: Behavior that “causes reputational harm” (vague but effective).
•Impact: Public backlash could activate this clause, even if the behavior doesn’t meet a legal threshold.
It’s a perfect Hollywood power move.
Of course… just an unproven theory as I ponder what Lively’s motive was.
Hi, I’m Ari. 👋 I went from managing TikTok stars like Charli D’Amelio to surviving cancel culture & Hollywood/media bullies. Now, I help businesses & public figures master social media w my AI startup, CreatorGenius.com — Follow for more! x.com/littlemissjaco…
If you’re here for the story about what happened with Taylor Lorenz and the NYT, I recommend checking out @bostwiki’s video. He breaks down what went down and exposes how bad journalists operate. I’m grateful to him for covering my story and exposing bad journalism.