sockpuppets posts
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USA Today reporter victim of online reputation smear campaign (Pentagon contractors, Tom Vanden Brook) - 04/20/12
... organic. I found some likely sockpuppets on youtube.com/watch?v=gerq4GpHpKw and youtube.com/watch?v=3uDihYmhsMA (see my comments: NoMoreBlatherDotCom).
However, the example most similar to the campaign against TVB are the comments at Daily Caller. Many of their comments appear to be from sockpuppets designed to provide an echo chamber and make the site look alive. When I used to comment there (I...
Soledad O'Brien of CNN, Huffington Post fall for obvious hoax (banker 1% restaurant tip, OWS, Political Carnival) - 02/28/12
... interesting examples of what look to be sockpuppets smearing someone who thought the picture was fake before that became known.
On a sidenote, while the restaurant story is fake, this proposal to tip less due to Obama being elected isn't: drhelen.blogspot.com/2008/10/should-you-tip-less-in-obama.html
3/23/12 UPDATE: The video that was here (AKA4woDYvtw) was deleted because the account it was in...
Tea Party helps me show Teapartiers are vile idiots, Part 1 of ? - 05/23/11
... of the responses might be from sockpuppets such as DailyCaller staffers, although that's just a feeling I get).
A picture of the exchange is below, and here are some helpful links:
* My tea parties coverage.
* My Huffington Post coverage. Note that the first post is from almost six years ago, and many point out how they've misled their readers. Those in the teaparties aren't capable of helping...
Gavin Newsom runs for California governor; *highlights* SF as sanctuary city, helping corrupt banks, and more - 04/21/09
San Francisco mayor Gavin Newsom has announced his candidacy for governor of California. Video is here, his site is at gavinnewsom.com, and someone who is probably a sockpuppet is already spreading the good cheer at politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0409/Newsom_announces.html ("...He has already implemented Ideas for healthcare in Sf that have cut costs...")
The CA GOP should let out a loud cheer about...
Obama strategist David Axelrod owns "astroturfing" company (ASK Public Strategies) - 09/11/08
... engaging in astroturfing using sockpuppets in order to promote Axelrod's most famous client? Now, come on. Does anyone think someone linked to the Chicago machine would stoop that low?
To help out, I added the following line to the start of his Wikipedia page; let's see how long it stays there:
He operates ASK Public Strategies, a company that allegedly engages in "astroturfing" [http://www....
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