A form of spamming public opinion from political organisations via the media.
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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The use – by men – of fake social media accounts that pose as feminist women, to object to the rights of trans women to be recognized as women. See also: Astroturfing, TERF.
Most of the people defending this anti-trans bigot are puppet accounts with stock photos of women for avatars. Literal fake women supporting transphobia: typical astroTERFing!
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Get the astroTERFing mug.A portmanteau of astroturf and TIRF (trans inclusionary radical feminism). Astroturf refers to usually when organizations will mass produce support for some issue and masquerade it as mass public opinion even though its only being pushed by a small minority. Astrotirf refers to how some feminists pretend that alot of women support the concept of transgenderism in society (sports, bathrooms) when in reality, only a minority of women actually support such radical changes, as evident from surveys and polling.
Friend 1: I can't believe my high school is allowing biological males in girls bathrooms and girls sports, they're pretending that the girls are ok with it, but we secretly are very uncomfortable with this.
Friend 2: the staff are literally using the astrotirf method. This is some Loudoun county type shit.
Friend 2: the staff are literally using the astrotirf method. This is some Loudoun county type shit.
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Get the Astrotirf mug.the act of creating a small organization and making it appear to represent something popular for the purpose of promoting a particular entity, cause, etc. (a play on grassroots in the sense of a popular movement originating among the common people, ultimately from AstroTurf, a brand of artificial grass)
The practice of astroturfing a widely used form of propaganda, as evidenced by the media coverage it receives.
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Get the astroperior mug.A large-scale implementation, in cloud-like proportions, of mechanical-turk workers.
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