Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Politics - "Astroturfing"
Here's a new word for your vernacular.
In the political world, it's implications are NOT nice at all.
This post directs you to a website that appears to have (more than) thoroughly investigated a certain YouTube video that is detrimental to Gov. Sarah Palin. Considering my background and interests, I can see how this can be done, and believe it is correct.
It should reinforce several things for us. We should be skeptical, before blindly believing that any written word, picture, or video, is factual, and, we should understand that politics is the dirtiest, least honorable, business on the planet.
And we should appreciate that many people know the intricacies of the Internet well enough to investigate almost anything or everything that others think are "anonymous"...
In the political world, it's implications are NOT nice at all.
This post directs you to a website that appears to have (more than) thoroughly investigated a certain YouTube video that is detrimental to Gov. Sarah Palin. Considering my background and interests, I can see how this can be done, and believe it is correct.
It should reinforce several things for us. We should be skeptical, before blindly believing that any written word, picture, or video, is factual, and, we should understand that politics is the dirtiest, least honorable, business on the planet.
And we should appreciate that many people know the intricacies of the Internet well enough to investigate almost anything or everything that others think are "anonymous"...
Dr. Rusty Shackleford posts on the Jawa Report website:
"Extensive research was conducted by the Jawa Report to determine the source of smears directed toward Republican Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin. Those smears included false allegations that she belonged to a secessionist political party and that she has radical anti-American views.
Our research suggests that a subdivision of one of the largest public relations firms in the world most likely started and promulgated rumors about Sarah Palin that were known to be false. These rumors were spread in a surreptitious manner to avoid exposure.
It is also likely that the PR firm was paid by outside sources to run the smear campaign. While not conclusive, evidence suggests a link to the Barack Obama campaign."
