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How the media hypes right-wing activist schemes into "movements"
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How the media hypes right-wing activist schemes into "movements"

A case study in how contemporary astroturfing actually works.

Feb 13, 2022
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Anti-vaxx protester confronts Ottawan pedestrian. Photo credit GoToVan. Licensed under Creative Commons.

In my last post I discussed how “astroturfing” is more than just a simple matter of rich people paying actors to feign support for a cause. If you want to know how wealthy interests misrepresent their agenda as more popular than it really is, you have…

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