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The fake persuaders

From: "GlobalCirclenet" <webmaster AT globalcircle.net>
To: market-farming AT franklin.oit.unc.edu
Subject: The fake persuaders
Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2002 10:58:25 -0600

The fake persuaders --

Corporations are inventing people to rubbish their opponents on the
internet, George Monbiot, The Guardian, May 14, 2002: Companies have
created fake citizens' groups to campaign in favour of trashing forests or
polluting rivers, now they create fake citizens. Messages purporting to
come from disinterested punters are planted on listservers at critical
moments, disseminating misleading information in the hope of recruiting
real people to the cause... How a PR firm contracted to the biotech company
Monsanto played a crucial but invisible role in shaping scientific
discourse.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,4412987,00.html

The fake persuaders, GlobalCirclenet, 10/11/2002