{"id":81429,"date":"2024-12-23T16:02:12","date_gmt":"2024-12-23T16:02:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tvbrazilusa.com\/2024\/12\/23\/we-can-bury-anyone-inside-a-hollywood-smear-machine\/"},"modified":"2024-12-23T16:10:08","modified_gmt":"2024-12-23T16:10:08","slug":"we-can-bury-anyone-inside-a-hollywood-smear-machine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tvbrazilusa.com\/pt\/2024\/12\/23\/we-can-bury-anyone-inside-a-hollywood-smear-machine\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018We can bury anyone\u2019: Inside a Hollywood smear machine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-8864793242727901\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<header class=\"m-article-header m-article-header--standard\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span id=\"article-header-primary-term\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"a-term a-term--primary\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boston.com\/tag\/celebs\/\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCelebs\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"m-article-header__sub-headline\">Private messages detail an alleged campaign to tarnish Blake Lively after she accused Justin Baldoni of misconduct on the set of \u201cIt Ends With Us.\u201d<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"a-photo m-article-header__photo\"><figcaption class=\"a-photo__caption\">\n\tPrivate messages detail an alleged campaign to tarnish Blake Lively after she accused Justin Baldoni of misconduct on the set of &#8220;It Ends With Us.&#8221;<em> Najeebah Al-Ghadban<\/em>\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"m-article-header__meta\">\n<div class=\"m-article-header__byline\">\n<p class=\"m-article-header__author\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBy Megan Twohey, Mike McIntire and Julie Tate, New York Times Service\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"m-article-header__date\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDecember 23, 2024 | 11:02 AM\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/time><\/p>\n<p><span>12 minutes to read<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<p>Last summer, as the release of \u201cIt Ends With Us\u201d approached, Justin Baldoni, the director and a star of the film, and Jamey Heath, the lead producer, hired a crisis public relations expert.<\/p>\n<p>During shooting, co-star Blake Lively had complained that the men had repeatedly violated physical boundaries and made sexual and other inappropriate comments to her. Their studio, Wayfarer, agreed to provide a full-time intimacy coordinator, bring in an outside producer and put other safeguards on set. In a side letter to Lively\u2019s contract, signed by Heath, the studio also agreed not to retaliate against the actress.<\/p>\n<p>But by August, the two men, who had positioned themselves as feminist allies in the #MeToo era, expressed fears that her allegations would become public and taint them, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2024\/12\/21\/us\/complaint-of-blake-lively-v-wayfarer-studios-llc-et-al.html\">legal complaint<\/a> that she filed Friday. It claims that their PR effort had an explicit goal: to harm Lively\u2019s reputation instead.<\/p>\n<p>Her filing includes excerpts from thousands of pages of text messages and emails that she obtained through a subpoena. These and other documents were reviewed by The New York Times.<\/p>\n<p>There have long been figures behind the scenes shaping public opinion about celebrities \u2014 through gossip columns, tabloids and strategic interviews. The documents show an additional playbook for waging a largely undetectable smear campaign in the digital era. Although the film, about domestic violence, was a box office hit \u2014 making nearly $350 million worldwide \u2014 online criticism of the actress skyrocketed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe wants to feel like she can be buried,\u201d a publicist working with the studio and Baldoni wrote in an Aug. 2 message to the crisis management expert, Melissa Nathan.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou know we can bury anyone,\u201d Nathan wrote.<\/p>\n<p>In the subsequent weeks, Nathan, whose clients have included actor Johnny Depp and rappers Drake and Travis Scott, went hard at the press, pushing to prevent stories about Baldoni\u2019s behavior and reinforce negative ones about Lively, the text messages show. Jed Wallace, a self-described \u201chired gun,\u201d led a digital strategy that included boosting social media posts that could help their cause.<\/p>\n<p>An attorney for Wayfarer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2024\/12\/21\/us\/statement-to-the-new-york-times.html\">said in a statement<\/a> to the Times that the studio, its executives and public relations representatives \u201cdid nothing proactive nor retaliated\u201d against Lively, and accused the actress of \u201canother desperate attempt to \u2018fix\u2019 her negative reputation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese claims are completely false, outrageous and intentionally salacious with an intent to publicly hurt and rehash a narrative in the media,\u201d wrote the lawyer, Bryan Freedman.<\/p>\n<p>Freedman did not address her allegations about misconduct during the filming by Baldoni and Heath. He alleged that Lively planted \u201cnegative and completely fabricated and false stories with media\u201d about Baldoni, which he said \u201cwas another reason why Wayfarer Studios made the decision to hire a crisis professional.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The effort to tarnish Lively appears to have paid off. Within days of the film\u2019s release, the negative media coverage and commentary became an unusually high percentage of her online presence, according to a forensic review she sought from a brand marketing consultant.<\/p>\n<p>Lively \u2014 who is married to actor and entrepreneur Ryan Reynolds of \u201cDeadpool\u201d fame and is close with Taylor Swift \u2014 experienced the biggest reputational hit of her career. She was branded tone-deaf, difficult to work with, a bully. Sales of her new hair care line plummeted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIs Blake Lively set to be CANCELLED?\u201d read a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/femail\/article-13749783\/Blake-Lively-cancelled-interview-Ends-film.html\">Daily Mail headline<\/a> one week into the attacks.<\/p>\n<p>Baldoni, by contrast, emerged largely unscathed. This month, he was honored at a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vitalvoices.org\/voices-of-solidarity-2024\/\">star-studded even<\/a>t celebrating men who \u201celevate women, combat gender-based violence and promote gender equality worldwide.\u201d On Saturday, however, after this article was published, the talent agency William Morris Endeavor stopped representing Baldoni, said Ari Emanuel, CEO of Endeavor, the agency\u2019s parent company.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" src=\"https:\/\/bdc2020.o0bc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/justin-baldoni-676987c681116-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Justin Baldoni\" class=\"wp-image-32539255\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bdc2020.o0bc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/justin-baldoni-676987c681116-scaled.jpg?width=200 200w, https:\/\/bdc2020.o0bc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/justin-baldoni-676987c681116-scaled.jpg?width=300 300w, https:\/\/bdc2020.o0bc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/justin-baldoni-676987c681116-scaled.jpg?width=400 400w, https:\/\/bdc2020.o0bc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/justin-baldoni-676987c681116-scaled.jpg?width=500 500w, https:\/\/bdc2020.o0bc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/justin-baldoni-676987c681116-scaled.jpg?width=600 600w, https:\/\/bdc2020.o0bc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/justin-baldoni-676987c681116-scaled.jpg?width=700 700w, https:\/\/bdc2020.o0bc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/justin-baldoni-676987c681116-scaled.jpg?width=800 800w, https:\/\/bdc2020.o0bc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/justin-baldoni-676987c681116-scaled.jpg?width=900 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Justin Baldoni received an award this month for being an ally to women. A legal filing has since accused him of harassment and retaliation against the actress Blake Lively.<i> \u2013 eenah Moon for The New York Times<\/i><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Lively\u2019s complaint \u2014 against Baldoni; Heath; Wayfarer; Steve Sarowitz, co-founder of the studio; Wallace; Nathan; and Jennifer Abel, another public relations executive involved in the campaign \u2014 alleges sexual harassment and retaliation, among other claims. The complaint, filed with the California Civil Rights Department, is a precursor to a lawsuit.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, Lively said, \u201cI hope that my legal action helps pull back the curtain on these sinister retaliatory tactics to harm people who speak up about misconduct and helps protect others who may be targeted.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She also denied that she or any of her representatives planted or spread negative information about Baldoni or Wayfarer.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-we-should-have-a-plan\"><b>\u2018We Should Have a Plan\u2019 <\/b><\/h2>\n<p>In May, several months after the filming wrapped, Baldoni realized that Reynolds had blocked him on Instagram.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe should have a plan for IF she does the same when movie comes out,\u201d Baldoni wrote of Lively in a text exchange that included Abel, a publicist who has long worked with him and Wayfarer. \u201cPlans make me feel more at ease.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Baldoni, 40, and Heath, 55, had a lot riding on the film, which is based on a bestselling novel by Colleen Hoover.<\/p>\n<p>Baldoni was best known for The CW satirical romantic dramedy \u201cJane the Virgin.\u201d Wayfarer provided the resources for bigger ambitions. It was bankrolled by billionaire Steve Sarowitz, co-chair of the studio with Baldoni. They and Heath, the CEO, are all deeply involved with the Baha\u2019i religious organization, which promotes unity, peace and gender equality. Baldoni has presented himself as an ally to women, writing books, co-hosting a podcast with Heath and giving talks on toxic masculinity.<\/p>\n<p>Lively, 37, was by far the bigger star. The TV show \u201cGossip Girl\u201d catapulted her to early fame, and she appeared in films ranging from \u201cThe Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants\u201d to \u201cThe Town.\u201d She built businesses outside the entertainment industry, appeared on the covers of glossy magazines and amassed more than 45 million Instagram followers.<\/p>\n<p>Lively had expressed concerns about Baldoni from the beginning, according to her legal complaint. Before shooting began, for example, she objected to sex scenes he wanted to add that she considered gratuitous.<\/p>\n<p>In November 2023, as the cast of \u201cIt Ends With Us\u201d was preparing to resume shooting after a monthslong writers strike, Lively went to Wayfarer with the side letter seeking safeguards.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur client is willing to forego a more formal HR process in favor of everyone returning to work and finishing the Film as long as the set is safe moving forward,\u201d her legal team wrote to the studio.<\/p>\n<p>She detailed her complaints during a meeting with Baldoni, Heath and other producers in January, according to the legal filing. She claimed Baldoni had improvised unwanted kissing and discussed his sex life, including encounters in which he said he may not have received consent. Heath had shown her a video of his wife naked, she said, and he had watched Lively in her trailer when she was topless and having body makeup removed, despite her asking him to look away. She said that both men repeatedly entered her makeup trailer uninvited while she was undressed, including when she was breastfeeding.<\/p>\n<p>In agreeing to the terms that Lively sought, Wayfarer acknowledged that \u201cAlthough our perspective differs in many aspects, ensuring a safe environment for all is paramount,\u201d according to her legal complaint.<\/p>\n<p>By spring, Lively told people with whom she worked that the men\u2019s behavior had improved with the new protections.<\/p>\n<p>But she was now in a creative battle with them. With the support of Sony, the film\u2019s distributor, she made her own cut of the movie, bringing in editors and a composer and adding one of Swift\u2019s songs.<\/p>\n<p>In the end, Sony and Wayfarer went with Lively\u2019s cut, and she got a producer credit.<\/p>\n<p>As the film release neared, Lively and other cast members informed Sony and Wayfarer that they would not do any appearances alongside Baldoni. So did Hoover, the author, who had her own dissatisfactions with him and had become more upset after he told her about Lively\u2019s allegations, according to text messages from Baldoni and Heath.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-most-importantly-untraceable\"><b>\u2018Most Importantly Untraceable\u2019 <\/b><\/h2>\n<p>By the first week of August, Wayfarer and Baldoni had retained Nathan, who had worked with high-profile clients including Depp, whose ex-wife, Amber Heard, accused him of physical abuse.<\/p>\n<p>Depp successfully sued Heard for defamation, and the trial became a spectacle <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qZfacKIzpRc\">amid suspicions<\/a> of an online campaign to damage her credibility.<\/p>\n<p>This year, after a decade at New York consultancy Hiltzik Strategies, Nathan started her own firm, TAG PR. Its majority stakeholder is a company run by entertainment industry executive Scooter Braun.<\/p>\n<p>In an initial planning document sent to Wayfarer and Baldoni on Aug. 2, Nathan suggested media talking points, including that Lively used an imbalance of power to take creative control of the film.<\/p>\n<p>But Baldoni wanted more.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot in love with the document they sent,\u201d he responded in a text exchange that included Abel and Heath. \u201cNot sure I\u2019m feeling the protection I felt on the call.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Abel relayed his frustration to Nathan: \u201cI think you guys need to be tough and show the strength of what you guys can do in these scenarios. He wants to feel like she can be buried.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOf course- but you know when we send over documents we can\u2019t send over the work we will or could do because that could get us in a lot of trouble,\u201d Nathan responded, adding, \u201cWe can\u2019t write we will destroy her.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Moments later, she said, \u201cImagine if a document saying all the things that he wants ends up in the wrong hands.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou know we can bury anyone,\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Three days later, Baldoni texted Abel, flagging a social media thread that accused another celebrity of bullying behavior and had generated 19 million views. \u201cThis is what we would need,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Nathan soon floated proposals to hire contractors to dominate social media through \u201cfull social account take downs,\u201d by starting \u201cthreads of theories\u201d and generally working to \u201cchange narrative.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll of this will be most importantly untraceable,\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Within days, the group was working with Wallace, whose company, Street Relations, offers services ranging from public relations to more opaque crisis management. He is a somewhat enigmatic figure with very little digital trail. But court records show that his clients have included Paramount Pictures and YouTube personality Adin Ross.<\/p>\n<p>And in a since-deleted LinkedIn profile, Wallace described himself as \u201ca hired gun\u201d with a \u201cproprietary formula for defining artists and trends.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-that-s-why-you-hired-me\"><b>\u2018That\u2019s Why You Hired Me\u2019 <\/b><\/h2>\n<p>The Aug. 6 premiere brought the first wave of press coverage questioning what had happened during the filming. A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/movies\/movie-news\/blake-lively-justin-baldoni-it-ends-with-us-drama-what-we-know-1235969708\/\">Hollywood Reporter story<\/a> speculated about a rift between Lively and Baldoni, after TikTokers noticed that the two stars didn\u2019t pose for photographs together and that Lively and other cast members didn\u2019t follow Baldoni on Instagram.<\/p>\n<p>Nathan had already been speaking to other journalists, according to text messages.<\/p>\n<p>When Abel on Aug. 4 wrote to her that \u201cI\u2019m having reckless thoughts of wanting to plant pieces this week of how horrible Blake is to work with. Just to get ahead of it,\u201d Nathan replied that she had spoken off the record to an editor at The Daily Mail.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe\u2019s ready when we are,\u201d Nathan wrote.<\/p>\n<p>A flurry of articles followed the Hollywood Reporter piece. Many made it seem as if the only rift was over creative control. Some journalists had gotten wind of complaints about Baldoni\u2019s behavior, but none of the most serious ones were published.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe doesn\u2019t realise how lucky he is right now,\u201d Nathan texted Abel.<\/p>\n<p>In other exchanges, Nathan claimed that she had kept allegations against him out of stories, writing in one message that major news outlets were \u201cstanding down on HR complaint.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, an online backlash against Lively was underway. It is impossible to know how much of the negative publicity was seeded by Nathan, Wallace and their team, and how much they noticed and amplified.<\/p>\n<p>On Aug. 10, Kjersti Flaa, a Norwegian entertainment reporter, uploaded to YouTube a 2016 interview in which Lively snapped back when Flaa commented on her baby \u201cbump\u201d and remained testy for the rest of the conversation. Flaa titled it \u201cThe Blake Lively interview that made me want to quit my job,\u201d and told The Daily Mail that \u201cit\u2019s time that people behaving badly in Hollywood, or anywhere else for that matter, gets called out for it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It wasn\u2019t the first time she had posted a video aligned with a client of Nathan\u2019s. In 2022, in the midst of Depp\u2019s legal battle with Heard, Flaa posted clips of her interviews with the actor, tagged #JusticeForJohnnyDepp.<\/p>\n<p>After publication of this article, Flaa on Sunday contacted the Times and said she had not participated in any orchestrated effort to harm Lively\u2019s reputation. In an email, she said that she had resurfaced the 2016 interview independently this past August. \u201cIt was neither coordinated nor influenced by anyone associated with the alleged campaign,\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n<p>During the film rollout, Lively was also accused of being insensitive about domestic violence. The official promotion plan instructed the cast to focus more on the uplifting aspects of the movie than on abuse, and to embrace a floral theme (her character has a flower shop). In several appearances, she never made reference to domestic violence at all. And she faced criticism when her Betty Booze beverage company was promoting the film, given the role alcohol can play in abusive relationships.<\/p>\n<p>Seeing that blowback, the text messages show, Baldoni and his PR team decided instead to highlight survivors of domestic violence in his interviews and social media.<\/p>\n<p>More criticism came when Lively said in an interview that Reynolds, who had no role in the film, had helped rewrite a scene, prompting snarky comments about the actress leaning on her husband and speculation that he had violated the writers strike.<\/p>\n<p>It is unclear exactly how Wallace operated. There are references in emails to \u201csocial manipulation\u201d and \u201cproactive fan posting,\u201d and text messages cite efforts to \u201cboost\u201d and \u201camplify\u201d online content that was favorable to Baldoni or critical of Lively.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are crushing it on Reddit,\u201d Wallace told Nathan, according to a text she sent Abel on Aug. 9.<\/p>\n<p>The next day, one of Nathan\u2019s employees texted, \u201cWe\u2019ve started to see shift on social, due largely to Jed and his team\u2019s efforts to shift the narrative.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nathan wrote to Abel: \u201cAnd socials are really really ramping up. In his favour, she must be furious. It\u2019s actually sad because it just shows you have people really want to hate on women.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When a TikTok sleuth started asking questions about Baldoni, Abel texted that \u201cthis girl is on a very dangerous crusade.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve flagged to Jed and his team for more serious action on the social side,\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Throughout the text exchanges, Baldoni encourages the PR team, sometimes flagging social media posts for it to use. On Aug. 15, he proposes \u201cflipping the narrative\u201d on a positive story about Lively and her husband by \u201cusing their own words against them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Other times, he appears to vacillate, seeking assurances about the tactics being deployed.<\/p>\n<p>When he notices a tabloid article critical of Lively, he sends a worried text: \u201cHow can we say somehow that we are not doing any of this \u2014 it looks like we are trying to take her down.\u201d On another occasion, he wondered whether they were deploying fake \u201cbot\u201d accounts on social media.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can fully fully confirm we do not have bots,\u201d Nathan wrote, adding that any digital team would be too intelligent to \u201cutilise something so obvious.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Wallace\u2019s operation, she wrote, \u201cis doing something very specific in terms of what they do. I know Jamey &#038; Jed connected on this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Baldoni, Nathan and others on the team claimed in their text exchanges that Lively was using her own public relations team to create bad press about Baldoni but cited no evidence to support those claims.<\/p>\n<p>By mid-August, the team was reveling in the damage to Lively\u2019s image.<\/p>\n<p>On Aug. 16, Nathan shared the Daily Mail article headlined \u201cIs Blake Lively set to be CANCELLED?\u201d with references to \u201chard to watch\u201d videos and a \u201ctone deaf\u201d promotional Q&#038;A.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWow. You really outdid yourself with this piece,\u201d Abel responded.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s why you hired me right?\u201d Nathan replied. \u201cI\u2019m the best.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-we-men-have-to-step-up\"><b>\u2018We Men Have to Step Up\u2019 <\/b><\/h2>\n<p>A brand marketing consultant, Terakeet, produced a report in August for Lively that concluded she had probably been the object of a \u201ctargeted, multichannel online attack\u201d similar to one against Heard, and that it was damaging her reputation.<\/p>\n<p>The report did not identify who was behind the attack.<\/p>\n<p>But by analyzing \u201cthe entirety of Google\u2019s search index\u201d for Lively\u2019s name, it found that 35% of the results also included a reference to Baldoni. This was highly unusual given the length of her career, the company said, and suggested that the media environment was being manipulated.<\/p>\n<p>A separate report, by Lively\u2019s hair care company, Blake Brown, concluded that the social media onslaught also had a negative effect on that business. Her product line, which had launched in August with record-breaking sales, estimates that it lost as much as 78% in sales.<\/p>\n<p>With the recent arrival of \u201cIt Ends With Us\u201d on Netflix, Baldoni has begun another round of promotion and messaging.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview on \u201cAccess Hollywood,\u201d he said that \u201cthere is never an excuse\u201d to \u201churt a woman, physically or emotionally.\u201d He added: \u201cWe men have to step up and figure out how we can be better allies.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"m-block m-generic-cta\t m-generic-cta--post-content\t m-generic-cta--dark\t m-generic-cta--homepage\t m-generic-cta--email-signup\t\t m-generic-cta-block-style--default \tt-amp__generic-cta\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"m-generic-cta__wrap\">\n<div class=\"m-generic-cta__content\">\n<h3 class=\"m-generic-cta__title\">Boston.com Today<\/h3>\n<p class=\"m-generic-cta__subtitle\">Sign up to receive the latest headlines in your inbox each morning.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><em>This article originally appeared in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/12\/21\/business\/media\/blake-lively-justin-baldoni-it-ends-with-us.html\">The New York Times<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>\n\t\tvar consent=\"grant\";\n\t\t\/* The above code is parsing the JSON data from the local storage and storing it in a variable. *\/\n\t\t\t\t\tconst onetrustStorageConsent = JSON.parse(localStorage.getItem( 'consent_one_trust_bdc' ) );\n\t\t\tif ( ( onetrustStorageConsent !== null ) ) {\n\t\t\t\t\/* Checking to see if the user has consented to the use of cookies.\n\t\t\t\t* If they have not, it is deleting the cookie.\n\t\t\t\t* This will comment for now, until further notice.\n\t\t\t\t*\/\n\t\t\t\t\/\/if ( onetrustStorageConsent.C0002 === false ) {\n\t\t\t\t\/\/\tdocument.cookie=\"_fbp=;expires=Thu, 01 Jan 2010 00:00:00 UTC; path=\/; domain=.boston.com\";\n\t\t\t\t\/\/}\n\t\t\t\t\/* Checking if the user has given consent for the cookie C0002.\n\t\t\t\t* If the user has given consent, the variable consent will be set to 'grant'.\n\t\t\t\t* If the user has not given consent,the variable consent will be set to 'revoke'.\n\t\t\t\t* Documentation https:\/\/developers.facebook.com\/docs\/meta-pixel\/implementation\/gdpr\n\t\t\t\t*\/\n\t\t\t\tif ( onetrustStorageConsent.C0002 !== true ) {\n\t\t\t\t\tconsent=\"revoke\";\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n\t\t{if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n\t\tn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n\t\tif(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n\t\tn.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n\t\tt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n\t\ts.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n\t\t'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n\t\tfbq('consent', consent);\n\t\tfbq('init', '989222871864976');\n\t\tfbq('track', 'PageView');\n\t<\/script><script type=\"module\">\n\t\tvar consent=\"grant\";\n\t\t\/* The above code is parsing the JSON data from the local storage and storing it in a variable. *\/\n\t\t\tconst onetrustStorageConsent = JSON.parse(localStorage.getItem( 'consent_one_trust_bdc' ) );\n\t\t\t\/* Checking to see if the user has consented to the use of cookies.\n\t\t\t* If they have not, it is deleting the cookie.\n\t\t\t* This will comment for now, until further notice.\n\t\t\t*\/\n\t\t\t\/\/if ( onetrustStorageConsent.C0002 === false ) {\n\t\t\t\/\/\tdocument.cookie=\"_fbp=;expires=Thu, 01 Jan 2010 00:00:00 UTC; path=\/; domain=.boston.com\";\n\t\t\t\/\/}\n\t\t\t\/* Checking if the user has given consent for the cookie C0002.\n\t\t\t* If the user has given consent, the variable consent will be set to 'grant'.\n\t\t\t* If the user has not given consent,the variable consent will be set to 'revoke'.\n\t\t\t* Documentation https:\/\/developers.facebook.com\/docs\/meta-pixel\/implementation\/gdpr\n\t\t\t*\/\n\t\t\tif ( ( onetrustStorageConsent !== null ) && (onetrustStorageConsent.C0002 !== true ) ) {\n\t\t\t\tconsent=\"revoke\";\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function()\n\t\t{n.callMethod? 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