Ian Gordon
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Wow, big London Perrantes snub
November 10, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Wow, big London Perrantes snub
Reposted by Ian Gordon
The ideal Chotiner interview subject is an expert who cares deeply about their expertise but feels it isn't understood properly to the general populace and Chotiner acts as an intermediary.
The ideal Chotiner victim, coincidentally, believes that this describes them perfectly.
The ideal Chotiner victim, coincidentally, believes that this describes them perfectly.
October 27, 2025 at 10:45 PM
The ideal Chotiner interview subject is an expert who cares deeply about their expertise but feels it isn't understood properly to the general populace and Chotiner acts as an intermediary.
The ideal Chotiner victim, coincidentally, believes that this describes them perfectly.
The ideal Chotiner victim, coincidentally, believes that this describes them perfectly.
I'll let @h-lev.bsky.social take it from here. Don't miss her great reporting with @acleek.bsky.social.
This July, @acleek.bsky.social & I made a radio show about a major hospital landlord named Medical Properties Trust.
Now, we’ve unraveled MPT's aggressive effort to silence and surveil its critics as they tried to raise alarm, using docs leaked to @occrp.org www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Now, we’ve unraveled MPT's aggressive effort to silence and surveil its critics as they tried to raise alarm, using docs leaked to @occrp.org www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
The secret campaign to silence critics of a hospital real estate empire
When skeptics called out Medical Properties Trust, they found themselves harassed—and surveilled.
www.motherjones.com
October 20, 2025 at 7:30 PM
I'll let @h-lev.bsky.social take it from here. Don't miss her great reporting with @acleek.bsky.social.
And that, Simone said, is when the trouble started bit.ly/3WMeCG1
![Anonymous Twitter accounts started to follow and harass him, asking if he had security and even tweeting that “his life [was] in danger.” Simone’s company, Hedgeye, grew concerned about this safety and provided him with enhanced security, but neither they nor Simone ever figured out who was behind the accounts. One tweet even warned that if he didn’t stop reporting and tweeting about MPT, “he could end up like Daphne,” an allusion to the murder of the Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, who was killed after reporting on a Steward hospital deal in Malta in 2017.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:klejnyy466kcp2a4su4b2j4v/bafkreigyuizi666bhblryjiqxdoappnbjwzkruauwajrt3gcrwln4ypyqe@jpeg)
October 20, 2025 at 6:53 PM
And that, Simone said, is when the trouble started bit.ly/3WMeCG1
In June 2022, Audere hired a contractor to start looking into these critics, leaked emails show. They named the operation “Project Morden.” They had two main goals: Dig into why Simone was writing about MPT, and identify the anonymous critic who called themselves @BigRiverCapita1:
![Redacted email that reads:
Hi XXXX,
Great to see you earlier.
As discussed, please find attached: (1) Rob Simone background and (2) WS' article, featuring Apollo Global Management Inc.
To reiterate, our aim is to:
1. Understand Rob Simone's: (1) intentions regarding MPW, (2) whether this is a long-term investigation project for him or just temporarily, (3) what else is he planning to publish on MPW and (4) whether this is his own interest or past to him from his boss?
2. Identify who is behind the Twitter account: @BigRiverCapita 1
Linked to the above, please let me know what time on Wednesday you would like to speak.
Many thanks and all the best,
XXXX
[[Audere letterhead in the signature]]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:klejnyy466kcp2a4su4b2j4v/bafkreicq7x6u6nyczpecwd7ffbvvibopmeiatcy2zkq3mpztci6u7zavka@jpeg)
October 20, 2025 at 6:53 PM
In June 2022, Audere hired a contractor to start looking into these critics, leaked emails show. They named the operation “Project Morden.” They had two main goals: Dig into why Simone was writing about MPT, and identify the anonymous critic who called themselves @BigRiverCapita1: