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  • Astroturf vs Grassroot

    While surfing I stumbled into these 2 sites:


    Net Neutrality keeps the internet free and open — enabling anyone to share and access information of their choosing without interference.

    Charter Members:

    Professor Lawrence Lessig -- Stanford
    Professor Timothy Wu -- Columbia
    Free Press -- Coalition Coordinator
    Gun Owners of America
    Craig Newmark -- Craigslist.com Founder
    Professor Glenn Reynolds -- aka Blogger Instapundit
    MoveOn.org Civic Action
    Consumers Union
    (Full list)




    Member Organizations

    Actiontec
    Alcatel
    The America Channel
    American Conservative Union
    AT&T
    Bell South
    Center for Individual Freedom
    Cinergy Communications
    Cingular
    (Full list)


    Both of them claim to be a grassroot organisation, but the second one is just reeks of astroturf

    from the handsoff site :
    Mike McCurry

    Mike McCurry is a partner at Public Strategies Washington, Inc. where he provides strategic communications counsel to an impressive roster of corporate and non-profit clients. McCurry also serves as an advisor and board member of Grassroots Enterprise, Inc. a firm that specializes in using the Internet to mobilize citizens for effective public action.
    If there's artificial intelligence, there's bound to be some artificial stupidity.

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  • #2
    Holy crap balls. Wow at #2... yeah I trust Cingular, AT&T and Bell South to make sure I have a free Internet. Just look how my phone service is run!

    Great find. I gotta look into this more.
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