In this eye-opening talk, veteran investigative journalist Sharyl Attkisson shows how AstroTurf, or fake grassroots movements funded by political, corporate, or other special interests very effectively manipulate and distort media messages. 

Astroturf - Sharyl Attkisson at University of Nevada

Ryan Holiday is media strategist for notorious clients like Tucker Max and Dov Charney. After dropping out of college at 19 to apprentice under the strategist Robert Greene, he went on to advise many bestselling authors and multi-platinum musicians. He is the Director of Marketing at American Apparel, where his work in advertising was internationally known. His strategies are used as case studies by Twitter, YouTube and Google and have been written about in AdAge, the New York Times, Gawker and Fast Company.

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