On AlterNet: astroturf

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "astroturf"

Corporate-Funded Online 'Astroturfing' Is More Advanced and More Automated Than You Might Think

George Monbiot, The Guardian. February 24, 2011.

Every month more evidence piles up, suggesting that online comment threads and forums are being hijacked by people who aren’t what they seem to be.

Revealed: Astroturf Groups Planning Massive California Water Grab to Benefit Big Ag and SoCal

Dan Bacher, AlterNet. November 28, 2009.

Their ultimate goals are to increase water exports from the imperiled Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta to corporate agribusiness and southern California.

Astroturf In Action: Right-Wing Billionaire David Koch Pays For 40 Buses To Haul In Protesters

Lee Fang, ThinkProgress AlterNet: PEEK. November 5, 2009.

Americans for Prosperity (AFP) worked closely with Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) to orchestrate the anti-health reform rally today.

Yellow Astroturf: Why Do Media Allow Political Operatives to Hide Their Affiliations?

Digby, Hullabaloo AlterNet: PEEK. September 9, 2009.

One of the most frustrating aspects of public discourse is the extent to which the media allows political operators to hide their connections and agenda.

California AG Called To Investigate Insurance Companies' Anti-Health Reform Advocacy

Victor Zapanta, ThinkProgress AlterNet: PEEK. September 3, 2009.

The complaint comes in response to the insurance companies' practice of actively encouraging employees to engage in anti-health care reform political activity.

Big Oil Gets in on Right-Wing Astroturf Game

Jim Hightower, AlterNet. August 29, 2009.

Since Astroturf itself is made up of petroleum, there's a certain poetic symmetry in having Big Oil produce the silliest astroturf campaign yet.

Health Insurance Lobby’s Stealth Astroturf Campaign Revealed!

Lee Fang, ThinkProgress AlterNet: Health and Wellness. August 28, 2009.

Already, the health insurance industry has flexed its muscle to water down reform.

Unmasking Astroturf: Smear Campaigns Threaten Health Care and Net Neutrality

Timothy Karr, Free Press. August 21, 2009.

If you haven't been paying attention to the rise of Astroturf in Washington, in the media and at your local town hall meeting, now's the time to tune in.

Why the Right's 'Astroturfing' Propaganda Is Textbook Psychopathic

Byard Duncan, AlterNet. August 15, 2009.

Faux grassroots firms are exhibiting all the tell-tale signs.

Halting Town Hall Intimidation Is AlterNet's Top Take Action Campaign This Week

Byard Duncan, AlterNet. August 11, 2009.

Effigies, Nazi rhetoric, guns and threatening phone calls. How are you going to help counter this despicable intimidation campaign?

Busted! Town Hall Hooligan is GOP Operative, Claims to Be 'Just a Mom'

Amanda Terkel, ThinkProgress AlterNet: PEEK. August 7, 2009.

It's all theater.

Rachel Maddow on Fake Right-Wing Protests

AlterNet Staff, AlterNet AlterNet: Video. August 5, 2009.

Their strategy? Shutting down the democratic process.

What You Can Do to Fight Teabagging Astroturf

Brad, Sadly, No! AlterNet: PEEK. August 5, 2009.

The teabaggers have apparently made it their personal jihad to preserve our terrible health care system. Here's what you can do.

Infamous Astroturf Lobbying Firm Behind New Anti-Health Reform Group

Lee Fang, ThinkProgress AlterNet: PEEK. July 29, 2009.

The Coalition to Protect Patients' Rights is being managed by the lobbying firm known as the DCI Group.

Anti-Immigration "Think Tank": Eliminating the Border Patrol Will Halt Illegal Entries

Susan Wallace, AlterNet AlterNet: PEEK. July 31, 2008.

OK, their argument was slightly less idiotic.

Organized by GOP Operatives, Breitbart, Tea Partiers Headed to Wisconsin to Bash Unions

Stephanie Mencimer, December 31, 1969.