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  • Confessions of a Media Manipulator
  • By: Ryan Holiday
  • Narrated by: Ryan Holiday
  • Length: 6 hrs and 25 mins
  • 4.4 out of 5 stars (86 ratings)
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By: Ryan Holiday
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Summary

You’ve seen it all before. A malicious online rumor costs a company millions. A political sideshow derails the national news cycle and destroys a candidate. Some product or celebrity zooms from total obscurity to viral sensation. What you don’t know is that someone is responsible for all this. Usually, someone like me.

I’m a media manipulator. In a world where blogs control and distort the news, my job is to control blogs - as much as any one person can.

In today’s culture...

  1. Blogs like Gawker, Buzzfeed, and the Huffington Post drive the media agenda.
  2. Bloggers are slaves to money, technology, and deadlines.
  3. Manipulators wield these levers to shape everything you read, see, and watch - online and off.

Why am I giving away these secrets? Because I’m tired of a world where blogs take indirect bribes, marketers help write the news, reckless journalists spread lies, and no one is accountable for any of it. I’m pulling back the curtain because I don’t want anyone else to get blindsided.

I’m going to explain exactly how the media really works. What you choose to do with this information is up to you.

©2012 Ryan Holiday (P)2019 Penguin Audio

Critic reviews

“A playbook for the dark arts of exploiting the media.” (Robert Greene, author of The 48 Laws of Power)

“Ryan Holiday's brilliant exposé of the unreality of the Internet should be required reading for every thinker in America.” (Edward Jay Epstein, author of The Big Picture)

"[Like] Upton Sinclair on the blogosphere." (Tyler Cowen, MarginalRevolution.com; author of An Economist Gets Lunch)

“The strategies Ryan created to exploit blogs drove sales of millions of my books and made me an internationally known name.” (Tucker Max, number-one New York Times best-selling author of I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell)

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Fantasitc story, poor narration

The story is mind-blowing, helps better understanding the media. The author narrated it who is not an actor, for me as a non-native he was more difficult to listen to than actor-narrators of other audiobooks.

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Fantastic listen

Really informative but the information should come as no shock. If you get your news from blogs and social media you're getting a. Load of crap. However it does raise the question as to who you can actually trust for information. This question is left unanswered........

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Outstanding

This should be a must read text in the modern age. I'll be buying several hard copies as presents for family members this Christmas...

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a good book worth your time.

I liked the frank and honest opinions held in it mixed with experiences detailed in this book. It is potent, precise and informative. It felt like a modern updated mix of Homege to Catalonia, and Media Control by George Orwell and Noam Chomsky.

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Mind blowing & outstanding

Fantastic insight into the world of media and fake news. Mind blowing tactics and thankful to be aware of.

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More relevant than ever

Listened after reading this book in 2013 and it’s probably more relevant now as a warning than it was then.

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eye opening and a bit sickening

well narrated I think as opposed to some other comments. very eye opening and makes you realise how much you've been had by the media.

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great read - very informative

loved this book - although it was a bit egocentric it was also very informative. would definitely advise any social media or marketing person to read.

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Great read for anyone in PR or digital media.

Narration wasn’t bad by the author, I see some complaining here. It was a very insightful read, worth the money / credit.

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Should be mandatory in schools

This book exposes how the whole media twists facts to get clicks and ad revenue (no matter the size). It is an eye opener and gives an easy to understand how all media works and how to be skeptical of what they say. Also useful for self defense in this cancel culture. One of my favourite books!

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