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Astroturfing the BC'04 way
by Decius at 12:38 am EDT, Aug 19, 2004 |
] The GW04 site has handy templates for letters to the
] editor. See the top one on the list:
]
] "New job figures and other recent economic data show that
] America's economy is strong and getting stronger - and
] that the President's jobs and growth plan is working. The
] Labor Department announced that employers added 288,000
] new jobs in April. In total, over 1.1 million jobs have
] been added since August, with 8 consecutive months of
] gains."
]
] Now google that entire phrase, and see the results. About
] 60 newspapers have run that letter... Got a problem with your economy running out of steam a few months before the big election? Call AstroSpam, Inc!! We'll write letters to every newspaper in the country that gloss right over the recent jobs data as if it didn't even exist. Your idiot constituents won't know what the hell is really going on, but they will remember to vote for you. AstroSpam, your source for wide spread bullshit. |
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RE: Astroturfing the BC'04 way
by Rattle at 3:16 am EDT, Aug 19, 2004 |
Decius wrote:
] Got a problem with your economy running out of steam a few
] months before the big election? Call AstroSpam, Inc!! We'll
] write letters to every newspaper in the country that gloss
] right over the recent jobs data as if it didn't even exist.
] Your idiot constituents won't know what the hell is really
] going on, but they will remember to vote for you. AstroSpam,
] your source for wide spread bullshit. Yet another thing that shows a larger theme of voter manipulation. Joseph Goebbels argued that the Nazi media should be such that the more of it Germans consumed, the less they would know, and the more likely they would be to support Nazi policies unconditionally. In a controlled media this is an easy things to achieve. In an open media, it just requires some creativity to utilize your supporters and achieve the same general effect. Yes, I am aware I am only one degree away from invoking Goodwin's Law on Rupert Murdoch. |
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Astroturfing the BC'04 way
by k at 11:19 am EDT, Aug 18, 2004 |
] The GW04 site has handy templates for letters to the
] editor. See the top one on the list:
]
] "New job figures and other recent economic data show that
] America's economy is strong and getting stronger - and
] that the President's jobs and growth plan is working. The
] Labor Department announced that employers added 288,000
] new jobs in April. In total, over 1.1 million jobs have
] been added since August, with 8 consecutive months of
] gains."
]
] Now google that entire phrase, and see the results. About
] 60 newspapers have run that letter... [ Aahhh, astroturf. Does JK have one of these magic letter makers? Is turfing just a standard practice these days? Seems like every new day gives me a new reason not to bother with local media. Fuckers. -k] |
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