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Re:Why Do Famous People Get Paid $250k to Give a Speech? by crdoconnor on Saturday September 17, 2016 @02:04PM (#12521606)
>Only famous non-politicians have interesting and specific things to say (e.g. someone like Malcom Gladwell, etc)

Malcolm Gladwell is paid to be a presentable face for the tobacco, banking and pharma industries:

http://shameproject.com/profile/malcolm-gladwell-2/

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Re:Why Do Famous People Get Paid $250k to Give a Speech? by coldtea on Saturday September 17, 2016 @02:55PM (#12521844)
AND also sells millions of books to people who just want to read what he says.
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