Netflix Apologizes For Casting Actors As Fans

from National Public Radio

The video website Netflix hired actors to play a mob of fans excited about its Canadian debut in Toronto. The company told the extras "to look really excited" and gush about Netflix if approached by reporters. Netflix later apologized and said the actors were hired to help drum up a crowd, not mislead the media.

Broadcast Dates

• Morning Edition, September 23, 2010