Group Think, Duct Tape and Slam Dunks
Astroturfing
Nothing Sucks Worse Than The Post Office — Except for Kinko’s
NATE SILVER IN FIVE THIRTY-EIGHT Paul Krguman compares his experience at the Post Office to that at FedEx and UPS: Art Laffer (why is he, of all people, on my TV?) asks what it will be like when the government runs Medicare and Medicaid. But I’d raise a further question: he warns that when the […]
MoreAna Marie Cox – Media Whore: “I Think That It’s a Wonderful Expression of Democracy – I’m Not Sure If They’re AstroTurfed or Not Myself”
RELIABLE SOURCES CNN TRANSCRIPT AUGUST 9, 2009 HOWARD KURTZ, HOST: Thanks, John. It’s one of the oldest rituals of democracy. Election officials getting an earful from the voters, but a handful of high decibel critics at a spate of town hall meeting on health care reform have turned out to be a magnet for the […]
MorePlayboy Mysteriously Pulls Rick Santelli/Koch Industries/Tea Party Astroturfing Article
Can you say: “goddamed bloggers!” EXILED ONLINE Exposing The Rightwing PR Machine: Is CNBC’s Rick Santelli Sucking Koch? By Mark Ames and Yasha Levine Chris Matthews: “You’re up there with Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity… It’s quite a team.” Rick Santelli (smiling and nodding): “It is quite a team!” Hardball, MSNBC, Feb 20, 2009 Last […]
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