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.
Author: 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.
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