English language
Published Sept. 12, 2012 by Portfolio.
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 …
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.
From the Trade Paperback edition.
Peut être un peu dépassé (on est plus trop à l'epoque des blogs), mais nécessaire pour comprendre même actuellement le jeu des médias sur internet. (en gros ils ont soif d'argent et votre haine c'est de l'argent)
What a fucking king
Great tips at the end on weasel word phrases that indicate the blogs you're reading are spreading rumors or deliberately fabricated hearsay, but Holiday's points against snark are one of the most compelling and lasting contributions of this book.
Fascinating book, and well worth a read. Ryan has views about how broken the online news industry is - and it's very, very broken. All of this rang true.
It is good to hear a confession, and unless your completely clueless you did not suspect this was going on.
Me and George Carlin are just spectators.
