Karl has the latest Astroturf dirt:
Bruce Kushnick pens a piece for Nieman Watchdog exploring how AT&T and Verizon are manipulating public opinion by “co-opting” (read: paying) legitimate minority, disability, elderly and low-income groups into supporting positions that are frequently not in their members’ best interests.
This of course is in addition to their use of consumer groups they’ve made up completely, or think tanks they’ve paid to produce public relations disguised as objective economic analysis. Collectively, it creates a very loud “sound wall” of consumer support that actually doesn’t exist. . .
