“In Camarillo, citizens aren’t shy about expressing their opinions. But on a chilly Wednesday night…”
“In Camarillo, citizens aren’t shy about expressing their opinions. But on a chilly Wednesday night in December, city officials say one man stood out. For nearly three minutes, Prince Jordan Tyson is on camera telling city leaders what he later admits, is a lie. In fact, Tyson, who is not from Camarillo, is a self described struggling actor from Beverly Hills and he now believes he was involved in a secretive new industry where actors are hired to try and sway public officials. In this case, a construction project in Camarillo he says he was hired to criticize. “It was scripted, they told me what to say,” Tyson told NBC4. Some of those scripted lines, he says were provided by recent UCLA graduate Adam Swart, CEO of a company called Crowds on Demand, which will stage rallies and demonstrations for any almost candidate or cause. Swart says he has employed actors to sway city officials in meetings across the country. “I have worked with dozens of campaigns for state officials, and 2016 presidential candidates,” Swart told NBC4, adding that he won’t name any names.”
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Concerned Citizens Turn Out to Be Political Theater | NBC Southern California
Sometimes townhalls and “grassroots” support aren’t what they seem.
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Tags: whoa, as a small-town planning commissioner, i could totally see us being taken in by something like this.
