astroturfing

• This is a salutary lesson in what happens when "astroturfing" - i.e. building fake grassroots —  Mr Eugenides
• David "Astroturf" Axelrod coined the term astroturfing to refer to his method of manufactured grassroots support. —  Lux Venit
• What hasn't been reported until now is evidence linking Santelli's "tea party" rant with some very familiar names in the Republican rightwing machine, from PR operatives who specialize in imitation-grassroots PR campaigns (called "astroturfing") to bigwig politicians and notorious billionaire funders. —  Propeller Most Popular Stories
• This astroturfing is not a wholesale impeachment of the proceedings, but do shed light onto the mentality, and commitment, of the attendees. —  Donklephant
• Then, when you openly state that you suspect that this person is astroturfing, that you confront that person and they don't even try to deny that they are astroturfing, then this tends to reinforce the notion that they are. —  OSNews

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