Astroturfing
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 Astroturfing    | |
|---|---|
| Type | propaganda |
| Interest of | HBGary |
| Rolling out of fake grassroots movements | |
Examples
| Page name | Description |
|---|---|
| 38 Degrees | British Avaaz. |
| Center for Medicine in the Public Interest | "nonprofit, non-partisan" big pharma astroturf |
| Conservative Inc. | "Big Con enforce the guidelines of Big Tech and punish conservatives on their behalf" |
| Patriot Front | American white nationalist group that bears many hallmarks of an FBI entrapment operation, setting the stage for a false flag terrorism event |
| Sock puppet | A person or online persona whose actions are controlled by somebody else. |
| Tiananmen | A Chinese mass protest in hundreds of cities turned violent. Questions remain about the sequence of events, CIA involvement and the scope of the aftermath after a media blackout occurred as media were mentioning threats of civil war to be increasing. Chinese media banned the mentioning of the event entirely, while atrocity stories are trotted out regularly by Western corporate media to maintain an enemy image. |
Related Document
| Title | Type | Publication date | Author(s) | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Document:Not All Propaganda is Equal | Article | 30 May 2012 | Barrett Brown |
An official example
| Name |
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| Best for Britain |
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