The ever present danger of Big Brother manipulating public discourse and perceptions is well illustrated here. Orwell we didn't really expect this, but should have.

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| PR Firm Behind Al Gore YouTube Spoof? |
| from the new-intarweb-trolls dept. |
| posted by ScuttleMonkey on Sunday August 06, @18:11 (Republicans)|
| http://politics.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/08/06/209244 |
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mytrip writes to tell us ABC News is reporting that a supposed amateur
video posted to YouTube.com may have actually been designed and posted by
a Republican [0]public relations firm called DCI. From the article:
"Public relations firms have long used computer technology to create
bogus grassroots campaigns, which are called 'Astroturf.' Now these firms
are being hired to push illusions on the Internet to create the false
impression of real people blogging, e-mailing and making films."

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Links:
0. http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=2273111&page=1