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A review by jacobjonk
Trust Me, I'm Lying: Confessions of a Media Manipulator by Ryan Holiday
informative
medium-paced
3.5
Read this for class
Really interesting peek into the world of media manipulation and how the medium of news information systems have formed such that the cycle is too fast to control for misinformation or manipulation well. The problem isn't even a problem for the people producing journalism because the revenue stream has to be more important than the quality of the content stream for the company to survive. Overall the book caries a heavy cynical tone and I think it lacked some other perspectives but as the point at large goes I think Holiday is correct about the problems he presents
Really interesting peek into the world of media manipulation and how the medium of news information systems have formed such that the cycle is too fast to control for misinformation or manipulation well. The problem isn't even a problem for the people producing journalism because the revenue stream has to be more important than the quality of the content stream for the company to survive. Overall the book caries a heavy cynical tone and I think it lacked some other perspectives but as the point at large goes I think Holiday is correct about the problems he presents