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Xenophrenic (talk | contribs) that's not astroturfing, according to the cited sources - but it has some interesting Citizen United "coordinating" ramifications |
Undid revision 717074999 by Xenophrenic (talk) Added 2nd source that documents alleged of ast. turfing. As the allegd. T Party ast. turfing was covered, this should be too. Discuss@talk page? |
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The [[Tea Party movement]] has been alleged by noted liberals to be a case of astroturfing.<ref name="Krugman 04-12-09">{{Cite news|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/13/opinion/13krugman.html | work=The New York Times | title=Tea Parties Forever | first=Paul | last=Krugman | date=April 12, 2009 | accessdate=April 24, 2010}}</ref><ref name="Pelosi 2009-04-15">[http://thinkprogress.org/2009/04/15/pelosi-astroturf/ Pelosi: Tea parties are part of an 'astroturf' campaign by 'some of the wealthiest people in America.'] ThinkProgress, Apr 15, 2009. Retrieved January 28, 2011.</ref><ref>{{Cite news| issn = 0261-3077| last = Monbiot| first = George| title = The Tea Party movement: deluded and inspired by billionaires| work = The Guardian| accessdate = 2014-07-15| date = 2010-10-25| url = http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/cifamerica/2010/oct/25/tea-party-koch-brothers}}</ref>
In the [[Democratic Party presidential primaries, 2016|2016 Democratic Primary]], a pro-Clinton super PAC called "Correct the Record" decided to spend $1 Million in a project called "Barrier Breakers" to "push back against attackers" and support Clinton's candidacy on online media, resulting in online criticism of the super PAC and accusations of astroturfing by the PAC on social media. <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.businessinsider.com/clinton-pac-spends-1-million-to-correct-people-online-2016-4|title=This pro-Clinton super PAC is spending $1 million to 'correct' people online — and Redditors are outraged|website=Business Insider|access-date=2016-04-25}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Clinton super PAC declares $1M social-media war on Sanders supporters|url=http://www.dailydot.com/politics/clinton-sanders-super-pac-correct-the-record/|website=The Daily Dot}}</ref>
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