[Ads-l] astroturfing

Nancy Friedman wordworking at GMAIL.COM
Fri Dec 1 16:58:23 UTC 2023


My copy of "Jargon Watch," published by Wired magazine in 1997, has
"astroturf campaign: A fake grassroots political campaign. Not to be
confused with glassroots campaign" (a campaign conducted over the internet).

Nancy Friedman
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On Tue, Nov 28, 2023, 9:20 AM Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> <https://www.yahoo.com/news/white-house-pans-fox-news-143329763.html>
> https://www.yahoo.com/news/white-house-pans-fox-news-143329763.html
>
> "White House pans Fox News reporter for ‘astroturfing’ on Biden’s age"
>
> JL
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> "If the truth is half as bad as I think it is, you can't handle the truth."
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