Who Trolled Amber?

Introducing… Who Trolled Amber?

What comes to mind when you think of Amber Heard? Liar? Survivor? Narcissist? Millions of us watched the celebrity trial of the century, Depp v Heard, in 2022. Amber Heard lost and Johnny Depp was vindicated. But what if Amber was actually the victim of an organised trolling campaign? What if the online hate against her was manufactured?

Alexi Mostrous, the reporter who brought you Sweet Bobby and Hoaxed, investigates what happened to Amber and who might have been responsible. It’s a story about how our own thoughts and opinions can be moulded without us even realising.

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Reporter and host: Alexi Mostrous

Producer and reporter: Xavier Greenwood

Editor: David Taylor

Narrative editor: Gary Marshall

Additional reporting: Katie Riley 

Sound design: Karla Patella 

Artwork: Jon Hill & Oscar Ingham

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J*La2020

Good story, stretched out

Good story and host, but the information was stretched over too many episodes. Many individual episodes felt like a re-hashing of a point that was already established.
Southpaw087

Thanks for the great stories

Started with Sweet Bobby last week and have already binged many Tortoise stories since! Really interesting, well narrated and thought provoking stories.
Jen Sees You

Really insightful, and well worth the listen

I am fast, becoming such a fan of Tortoise Media in this podcast was incredibly insightful and went well beyond the scope of what I thought in initially would be. Highly recommended!
Adzo72

Excellent Investigative Journalism.

Please investigate the abuse Meghan Markle has suffered at the hands of the British Media since 2016 when she got involved with Prince Harry. They’ve worked together with the British Royal Family to destroy her. Please do a deep dive investigation into this matter.
beccalc15

Disturbing and educational

I was floored by this, not surprised, but somehow gutted that this is actually going on. It’s frightening actually! That you for such great reporting.
Christie in TN

Toxic feminists

Just wanting to be mad at somebody fit Ambers loss so you attach anyone that supported Depp and didn’t believe her lies. What a piece of garbage podcast this is. It’s like “if your victim card was declined, let’s get mad at the supporters”…must be the same woke bunch that attacks anyone whose opinion differs from theirs.
xoxoKelliexoxo

All My Biggest Fears in Marketing

As if keeping up with all the new keywords to block on your pages isn’t enough (you know, the fake accounts commenting and tagging real people with bogus product links, etc), I can’t imagine how large corporations report legitimate metrics on their social campaigns. I’ve always feared that the “audience” I’m paying to advertise to is heavily inflated with fake accounts, or worse, “clicking” & charging ads throwing budgeted ad money away. The rising rate of bots and spam on social media has been my biggest headache as a marketer. It makes me hate parts of marketing that I used to love.
Coertney

This should win an award

I am so impressed with how deeply researched this was. This show lays out so well how easily misinformation be used to manipulate, and people are using that unchecked information to base their viewpoints. This is a must listen; I’m somewhat terrified think of the implications this type of campaign could have on other much larger and grander scale political events. Season 2 idea - imagine how many people think *they* are not affected by misinformation - how can we dig into that idea and show how easy it is to be manipulated ? How commonplace is the spread of misinformation?
MFS2187

A well-researched, well-told, fascinating and disturbing story

The story of tracking down how Depp’s bot army happened and who was behind it is both fascinating and horrifying, and the storyteller does a great job of taking us through the story and the process of figuring it out
Birgittenyc

Wow, revealing 😍

Johnny Depp and his team of heinous crooks, along with the Dior leadership (hello French misogyny), EXPOSED. Why, is #dior, not boycotted by more women?
Renley1118

Excellent independent journalism

Who Trolled Amber is an exhaustively researched and well-presented deep dive into the frenzied activity that surrounded the Depp v. Heard trial. The podcast is not concerned with re-litigating the trial itself, but rather the origins and impact of coordinated online attacks against Amber Heard. The investigation is complicated, compelling, and shockingly easy to follow thanks to Mostrous’s measured tone and flowing script. Who Trolled Amber provides not just a peek, but a long unblinking stare behind the curtain of online disinformation campaigns.