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N.O. man notorious for lying to media says he told the truth about traffic camera tickets

Published Jul 20, 2012 at 8:00 am (Updated Jul 20, 2012)

(From The Times-Picayune) Ryan Holiday has achieved his 15 minutes of fame by lying to journalists. While that might seem like a dubious distinction, Holiday has orchestrated every ounce of "bad" publicity as part of a game plan to expose the media's vulnerabilities -- and publicize his new book, which was released Thursday. According to Forbes magazine, Holiday's recent escapades have ranged from posing as a vinyl records collector in The New York Times to fabricating a story for MSNBC about someone sneezing on him when he worked at Burger King.

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