Astroturfing Moore

Eugene posted a little piece about "Stop Michael Moore". There's actually moore to the story as a site called What Really Happened tracked down the PR firm behind it, Russo Marsh & Rogers, a GOP heavy-weight. In viral/buzz marketing circles, this is called an "astroturf campaign" -- techniques designed to simulate the appearance of a grassroots movement when there isn't one.



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Interesting. Russo Marsh & Rogers haven't erased themselves from the "Defend Reagan" or "Recall Grey Davis" websites...yet: http://tsuredzuregusa.blogspot.com/2004/06/internet-carpetbaggers-coming-soon-to.html



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