Gabrielle Bluestone on Hype: How Scammers, Grifters, and Con Artists Are Taking Over the Internet

Leonard Lopate at Large on WBAI Radio in New York

(5/6/21) We live in an age where scams are the new normal. Today’s viral grifters have ascended to fame and descended into infamy, yet the question remains—why do these types of digital fraud continue to happen so frequently? In her new book Hype: How Scammers, Grifters, and Con Artists Are Taking Over the Internet―and Why We're Following, former Vice reporter and executive producer of the Netflix doc Fyre Gabrielle Bluestone breaks down the empty promises driving the social media ecosystem. Join us for a look at how to break out of this vicious cycle in this installment of Leonard Lopate at Large on WBAI.