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[Sharyl Attkisson] A news consumer’s guide to ‘astroturf’ sources
The Hill ^
| 9/10/18
| Sharyl Attkisson
Posted on 09/10/2018 3:12:49 PM PDT by markomalley
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To: markomalley
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posted on
09/10/2018 3:15:40 PM PDT
by
Yaelle
To: markomalley
Astroturf news and politics are more less the same thing.
All fake - there is nothing genuine about it.
The term is borrowed from astroturf - artificial grass.
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posted on
09/10/2018 3:16:20 PM PDT
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
To: Yaelle
Me too
She was the first person I followed on Twitter
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posted on
09/10/2018 3:17:30 PM PDT
by
SomeCallMeTim
( The best minds are not in government. If any were, business would hire them!it)
To: markomalley
Sounds like the Kavanaugh hearings.
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posted on
09/10/2018 3:20:57 PM PDT
by
Lurkina.n.Learnin
(Wisdom and education are different things. Don't confuse them.)
To: SomeCallMeTim
I guess she couldnt have put great examples from real sources into her article without getting into trouble. But I bet she had a sheaf of em.
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posted on
09/10/2018 3:22:07 PM PDT
by
Yaelle
To: Yaelle
To: markomalley
The ‘Birthers’ epithet gets thrown around here alot, by those who just *know* Obama was born in Hawaii. Did they drink the astroturf kool-aid?
To: upchuck
Ping to Sharyl's list upchuck.
What a reporter! :)
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posted on
09/10/2018 3:44:54 PM PDT
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KC_Lion
(If you want on First Lady Melania's, Ivanka Trump's or Sarah Palin's Ping Lists, just let me know.)
To: markomalley
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posted on
09/10/2018 3:45:40 PM PDT
by
KSCITYBOY
(The media is corrupt)
To: Yaelle
Me Too! lol
I wanted to be a reporter like her when I grew up ;)
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posted on
09/10/2018 3:45:58 PM PDT
by
KC_Lion
(If you want on First Lady Melania's, Ivanka Trump's or Sarah Palin's Ping Lists, just let me know.)
To: markomalley
Do your own research. Think for yourself.Clearly a racist!
To: Yaelle
Yea. I’m sure.
Plus, it’s a fairly long article already. I can’t believe she got it published....as is..... By anyone!
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posted on
09/10/2018 3:52:24 PM PDT
by
SomeCallMeTim
( The best minds are not in government. If any were, business would hire them!it)
To: markomalley
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posted on
09/10/2018 4:34:57 PM PDT
by
dadfly
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Thanks for the ping KC. Sharyl definitely calls it like it is. How refreshing.
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posted on
09/10/2018 4:46:23 PM PDT
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upchuck
(As we head to the midterms, please (re)read Confessions of Congressman X - tinyurl.com/congressmanx)
To: markomalley
Astroturing = Media Matters
To: markomalley
My wife did this years ago in the music business. Some rich/famous person would get their hack kid a record deal with one phone call.
The label would take the little turd into the studio, have some producer make the record, auto-tune the crap out of the little creeps voice, hire musicians for a photo shoot, then send it down the hall for my wife to make up some backstory about how they had taken Omaha by storm and sold thousands of demos out of the trunk of their car, blah blah blah.
The entire entertainment industry is a lie. All of it.
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posted on
09/10/2018 5:05:30 PM PDT
by
The Toll
To: markomalley
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posted on
09/10/2018 5:13:39 PM PDT
by
Sans-Culotte
(Time to get the US out of the UN and the UN out of the US!)
To: markomalley
Good article on the generic propaganda technique astroturfing, but I thought it would mention specific examples of large amounts of money people are donating to these causes right now.
To: markomalley
Wayy too much information without specific examples for context.
Would have been much better as a 3-parter over time, as it naturally divided that way.
One brainy broad that needs a showrunner to perfect her brand, her timing, and her exposition.
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posted on
09/10/2018 5:40:48 PM PDT
by
StAnDeliver
("Mueller personally delivered US uranium to Russia.")
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