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.
🧵The Dummies Guide to Defamation*
Here’s why successfully suing the media for libel in America is such a Hurculean task…
*I’m not a lawyer but I have access to Google, YouTube, Chat GPT and first hand experience 😏
🧾Burden of Proof: This is like someone at work spreading a rumor about you, and you wanting to clear your name. You can’t just tell your boss it’s a lie, you need to bring emails, messages, or witnesses - concrete proof that it’s false. That’s your burden in a defamation… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
🧾 Burden of Proof
Publication: You have to show that the statement was published, meaning it was shared with someone other than you. This doesn’t mean it needs to be in a newspaper or book; it could be spoken in a public place, broadcasted on TV or radio, or posted on social… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Possibly the most important video you should watch if you want to understand the depths of Taylor Lorenz’s reporting practices and how she came after ME - a non-political, non-rich, non-white, non-male. I say that only to point to her hypocrisy. Link 41:33
We all owe A LOT to @BostWiki for calling Taylor Lorenz out before it was popular & for reporting HONESTLY on her tactics b4 she became a 🤡 meme.
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The journalist who bravely exposed TL worked at McDonalds & grew up in a small town in the Midwest.
.@BostWiki exposed Taylor Lorenz for the bully she is OVER A YEAR AGO when MSM still protected, amplified and victimized her - even 👑’d her 40under40. He deserves ppl to watch his 🎥 (which is likely suppressed by @YouTube).
🚨 Taylor Lorenz caught lying & playing victim AGAIN. A young man (who happens to be a minority w autism) went to the PUBLIC @Meta protest organized by meme creators. He went to meet creators he’s a fan of but Lorenz was there too.She makes him leave & then says he’s a stalker.🤨
You might be wondering why Taylor Lorenz doesn’t like this individual.
The story I was told was that this man used to be a fan of Taylor bc he’s a fan of internet culture. He had made a fan account that reposted Lorenz’s PUBLIC posts. Initially Taylor didn’t mind the attention.
Once Taylor Lorenz realizes that someone has a record of her PUBLIC posts on social media - she changes her tune & becomes very upset.
The man followed & kept record of her PUBLIC social media posts. This is threatening?
Isn’t this EXACTLY what Taylor does on a daily basis? 🤔
Lil Huddy has used Charli D’Amelio for clout since Dec 2019. As a manager, it was unpopular to bring it up then especially bc Huddy’s manager Erika Monroe Williams had such a close relationship w Charli’s parents. Now Huddy’s new song eludes to Charli being a “homie hopper”. Wow.
In Dec 2019 FIVE of my clients were in #HypeHouse - Charli, Dixie, Addison, Toni & Ondreaz. For this photoshoot & breakout Taylor Lorenz NYT story, I wasn’t welcome for some reason. 🧐
Lil Huddy, Lorenz etc. - I was onto you so you kept me away, right?
It’s important to follow the history of how these OG TikTok darlings (who now make an estimated $10M+ a yr EACH) originally blew up. I can tell you bc I was there.
#LilHuddy gladly took credit for “scouting” Charli D’Amelio but Charli was already a ⭐️ & had a team behind her.