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Trust Me, I'm Lying

Confessions of a Media Manipulator
Book • 2012
In 'Trust Me, I'm Lying,' Ryan Holiday exposes the inner workings of the online media system, detailing how rumors and false information can quickly spread from low-level blogs to major news outlets.

The book highlights the role of marketers and media manipulators in this process, driven by the toxic economics of the news business.

Holiday shares his own experiences as a media manipulator and provides insights into the social science behind why this system is so vulnerable to manipulation.

He also offers advice on how to spot and combat these manipulative tactics.

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Mentioned in 66 episodes

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as the book that inspired his month of news sobriety.
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as his first book, detailing his experiences in media manipulation.
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as a book that discusses media manipulation techniques.
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as his first book.
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as a book that captures the digital publishing Wild West.
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as his first book, discussing information overload as a tactic of authoritarian regimes.
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as a book he was writing in 2011.
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as an exposé that lifted the veil on his world of media manipulation.
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as a book that received a large advance.
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Ryan Holiday
as the first book he wrote, an exposé on the media system.
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James Altucher
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Ryan Holiday
's first book when discussing the portrayal of a subculture of marketing and its influence.
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Ryan Holiday
as one of his books that sold 10,000 copies.
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Ryan Holiday
as a book he published in June 2012.
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Recommended by a listener and described as an amazing book about marketing and deception by the media.
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Ryan Holiday
's first book, which predicted the rise of fake news.
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as his first book on media manipulation.
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