Person who mischievously promotes division in another organisation (generally political) by creating the impression of grassroots support for a contender for a leadership position. See astroturf.
After the Blue Party flopped in the elections, Diane Ale blogged that support for Squirrel Nutkin for leader was growing. She's such an an agent astroturfeur.
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Specifically where a media operation of a Campaign or political party distributes a press release to voulunteers who forward it en masse by letter and e-mail to media organisations in an attempt to distort the media organisations perception of public opinion, and distort the media organisations output.
Specifically where a media operation of a Campaign or political party distributes a press release to voulunteers who forward it en masse by letter and e-mail to media organisations in an attempt to distort the media organisations perception of public opinion, and distort the media organisations output.
The effort to (get) Astroturf printed appears to have worked in Hattiesburg, Mississippi
In Arizona, xxxxxx got the astroturf accepted as a grassroots effort.
In Arizona, xxxxxx got the astroturf accepted as a grassroots effort.
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by Urbane Gorilla June 20, 2005
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The practice of astroturfing a widely used form of propaganda, as evidenced by the media coverage it receives.
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"David Axelrod, the TOTUS's Minister of Propaganda and the man behind the teleprompter, is the king of astroturfing."
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