Netflix pays actors to pretend to be customers and talk to press at Canadian launch – Boing Boing

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Netflix pays actors to pretend to be customers and talk to press at Canadian launch

Netflix has had to apologize after it was revealed that the “enthusiastic customers” talking to the press at its Canadian launch were actors hired for the occasion, reciting lines from …

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