Bonfire of the Absurdities in News New Format

How easy is it to fool the media? Very.

How easy is it to fool the media? Very. Using a site called Help a Reporter Out (HARO), a free service that puts sources in touch with reporters, Ryan Holiday has been quoted in news sources from small blogs to the most reputable outlets in the country talking about things he knows relatively nothing about.

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Bonfire of the Absurdities: After 35 year career writing software for IBM mainframes, am now self-employed contractor thinking of joining a union and striking for higher wages. Cured morbid fear of heights when I learned to look at them as lengths standing on end. Uncompromising in refusal to accept browser cookies. Amateur investor who has accumulated a small fortune in the market after starting out years ago with a large one. For recreation, I run, hike, kayak and play tennis but will not consider synchronized swimming under any circumstances.

View Comments (7)

sa_rose says:

July 26, 2012 at 3:06 pm

Well since the media reporters are reporting stuff THEY know nearly nothing about, what's the big deal with this guy?
poppajoe49 says:

July 25, 2012 at 4:14 am

Ryan Holiday has been quoted in news sources from small blogs to the most reputable outlets in the country talking about things he knows relatively nothing about.

I call Bullshit!
Ryan Holiday is obviously a fake name, his real name is john Crowley!
- flashingscotsman says:
  
  July 25, 2012 at 11:36 am
  
  You don't think John is that smart, do you?
  - poppajoe49 says:
    
    July 25, 2012 at 4:06 pm
    
    Oh hell no.
PsychoDad says:

July 24, 2012 at 5:21 am

Well. This obviously goes to prove that the internet needs MUCH stricter regulation.
- flashingscotsman says:
  
  July 24, 2012 at 10:12 am
  
  Yeah, we should step aside and let THE GOVERNMENT decide what's true, and what's not. sarc off.
Fred says:

July 24, 2012 at 4:40 am

WOW!!! That is real smart. I tip my hat to that guy. He should go into politics.

I also agree that the internet has made people lazy "Information over load".

OH!! and to this web site? STAY FOCUSED. It's easy to stray off of the beaten path.