Football field to get AstroTurf - Southwestern Oklahoma State University Bulldogs

Football field to get AstroTurfSouthwestern Oklahoma State University BulldogsAstroTurf of Georgia has been contracted to install the playing surface, Todd Thurman, director of athletics at SWOSU, said at the ceremony. ...Southwestern To Go To AstroturfKTULall 2 news articles »

Astroturf pitch goes down well at school - Midhurst and Petworth Today

Astroturf pitch goes down well at schoolMidhurst and Petworth TodayA STATE-of-the-art astroturf sports pitch was unveiled to students at The Petersfield School last week. Youngsters were finally allowed on to ...and more »

Understanding Astroturf - Progress Illinois (blog)

Understanding AstroturfProgress Illinois (blog)What Curry doesn't seem to understand is this: Astroturfing, by definition, involves an effort to hide the powerful political interests behind a supposedly ...

Mike Hosey Column: The Tea Party is just Astro Turf? I think not - High Springs Heralds

Seattle Post IntelligencerMike Hosey Column: The Tea Party is just Astro Turf? I think notHigh Springs Heralds... they were quickly categorized by congressional Democrats and the Obama administration as “Astro Turf,” rather than a true flourishing of grass roots. ...Here Lies Nancy Pelosi -- When Will the Press Wake Up?FOXNewsall 367 news articles »

Is this lawn for real? - Minneapolis Star Tribune (blog)

Minneapolis Star Tribune (blog)Is this lawn for real?Minneapolis Star Tribune (blog)When I picture artificial grass, I picture a sports field filled with screaming green Astroturf. Definitely not something I'd want in my yard. ...Synthetic Grass Products to be Marketed as DuPont ForeverLawn Select Synthetic ...AZoBuildall 2 news articles »

The Deal With Net Neutrality - Huffington Post (blog)

The Deal With Net NeutralityHuffington Post (blog)... opponents of net neutrality have enlisted influence peddlers who make a lot more money prolonging the argument, and creating fake or "astroturf" sites. ...

Democrats & Astroturf? - Las Vegas TSG (blog)

The GuardianDemocrats & Astroturf?Las Vegas TSG (blog)Must be in order for her to stop calling the Tea Party Moving – tea baggers, and not a “grass roots movement but the astroturf movement!”Pelosi says Tea Party "Astroturf" yet shares some of her concernsDigitalJournal.comPelosi Backpedals on Tea PartiersFOXNewsPelosi says GOP has hijacked 'tea party' movementThe Associated PressMedia Matters for America -Atlantic Online -Think Progressall 583 news articles »

NY Times, WaPo willing tools of astroturf scam - American Thinker (blog)

The Week MagazineNY Times, WaPo willing tools of astroturf scamAmerican Thinker (blog)Thanks to bloggers, two liberal newspapers have been busted as willing tools of a sophisticated astroturf PR scam by the Obama camp. ...NY Times, Washington Post Hide Phony 'Coffee Party' Astroturf Roots — at the ...Big Journalism (blog)all 10 news articles »

Announcing the (Huffington) Post Shill and Astroturf Watch - Huffington Post (blog)

Announcing the (Huffington) Post Shill and Astroturf WatchHuffington Post (blog)This technique is classic "astroturf" -- the fake grassroots -- a time-honored but nauseating tradition in Washington, where PR consultants hire themselves ...9 Out Of 10 Fake Scientists Agree: Neutrality Means Job LossesBroadbandReports.comall 4 news articles »

Tobacco lobby underwriting part of the conservative anti-tax rally tomorrow in ... - Think Progress

Tobacco lobby underwriting part of the conservative anti-tax rally tomorrow in ...Think ProgressAFP is led by Tim Phillips, a longtime astroturf lobbyist who has used evangelical and conservative groups to lobby on behalf of corporations like Enron and ...and more »

Understanding Astroturf | Progress Illinois

What Curry doesn't seem to understand is this: Astroturfing, by definition, involves an effort to hide the powerful political interests behind a supposedly "grassroots" action. If such an interest doesn't "even try to disguise" its ...

CNN gets Astroturfed in story on Astroturf « his vorpal sword

And who would that be? Mark Williams? Tea Party Express is one of the most flagrant examples of astroturf in the land, the poster critter for fake grass roots. Take a look at their website, and note that I've covered this before: ...

Astroturf Russian Youth Movement Not Lovin' McDonald's - Hit & Run ...

Not content with scapegoating their Olympic officials for Team Russia's poor performance, a government-sponsored Russian youth group has turned on McDonald's. To make their case against the international.

CNN Joins Coffee Party on the Astroturf «

CNN Joins Coffee Party on the Astroturf. 2010 March 9. by DanaLoesch. As seen by this CNN piece, the state-run media is eager to prop up the “coffee party,” founded by Obama volunteer and former NYT writer Annabel Park. ...

Pelosi: Tea Party is "Astroturf, as Opposed to Grassroots ...

Pelosi appears to be reading from the summer of 2009's talking points, smearing the tea party movement as directed by the GOP and astroturf.

Instapundit » Blog Archive » BUSH LEAGUE ASTROTURF: Regarding my ...

BUSH LEAGUE ASTROTURF: Regarding my “Coffee Party” / Annabel Park post, reader Jennifer Pace emails: The LInkedin link for Annabel Park (the one showing her as a Strategy Analyst for the NYT) has gone down the memory hole. ...

Astroturf-A-Go-Go… Is “Coffee Party” a Bogus Obama Socialist Group ...

Like THAT is going to happen… this is genuine fakeroo astroturf. My translation of the party pledge: We support Barack Obama, no matter what. I can connect the dots. Park's LinkedIn Strategy Analyst page has been “mysteriously” (stop ...

The Big Picture » Blog Archive » Viral or AstroTurf ?

34 Responses to “Viral or AstroTurf ?” Barry Ritholtz Says: February 15th, 2010 at 9:00 am. Because of this blog, I get tons of email from readers. Good ideas bubble up, and they usually end up as comments in the Reading or Open Thread ...

Moonbattery: The Coffee Party Movement = Astroturf

The whole of the left movement is effectively astroturf and always has been- e.g. organisation of Viet Nam protests etc in the 60s by the Communist Party and its front organisations. Posted by: Ian From The EUSSR at March 3, ...

Critical Narrative: The Coffee Party Part 1: AstroTurf Started by ...

The "Coffee Party" is the very definition of AstroTurf. It doesn't stand up even under casual scrutiny. Annabel Park is a professional campaigner and a standard Leftist shill/activist. This is apparent in with the smallest amount of ...

RT @GregWHoward: Now we see the difference between astroturf and grassroots. Astroturf was 5K people. Grassroots was 100'sK #fail #dems #tcot #p2 #m9 #ocra

RT @GregWHoward: Now we see the difference between astroturf and grassroots. Astroturf was 5K people. Grassroots was 100'sK #fail #dems #tcot #p2 #m9 #ocra

RT @GregWHoward: Now we see the difference between astroturf and grassroots. Astroturf was 5K people. Grassroots was 100'sK #fail #dems #tcot #p2 #m9 #ocra

RT @GregWHoward: Now we see the difference between astroturf and grassroots. Astroturf was 5K people. Grassroots was 100'sK #fail #dems #tcot #p2 #m9 #ocra

Now we see the difference between astroturf and grassroots. Astroturf was 5K people. Grassroots was 100'sK #fail #dems #tcot #p2 #m9 #ocra

Now we see the difference between astroturf and grassroots. Astroturf was 5K people. Grassroots was 100'sK #fail #dems #tcot #p2 #m9 #ocra

History of Kicking, 1968 - First NFL game ever played on artificial turf, Kansas City at Houston (on the Astrodome’s Astroturf).

History of Kicking, 1968 - First NFL game ever played on artificial turf, Kansas City at Houston (on the Astrodome’s Astroturf).

History of Kicking, 1968 - First NFL game ever played on artificial turf, Kansas City at Houston (on the Astrodome’s Astroturf).

History of Kicking, 1968 - First NFL game ever played on artificial turf, Kansas City at Houston (on the Astrodome’s Astroturf).

@NadiartTwo I'm fed up with the whole pack of Republican & astroturf liars.

@NadiartTwo I'm fed up with the whole pack of Republican & astroturf liars.

Sign up for MoveOn.org, recieve emails about protests in yur area, video tape the astroturf movement and how NO passerbyes honk in support.

Sign up for MoveOn.org, recieve emails about protests in yur area, video tape the astroturf movement and how NO passerbyes honk in support.

RT @RubySlipperblog: Back from "Kill the Bill" tea party protest PA 8th Cong Dist Murphy had the HCAN astroturf there with their printed signs #teaparty #tcot

RT @RubySlipperblog: Back from "Kill the Bill" tea party protest PA 8th Cong Dist Murphy had the HCAN astroturf there with their printed signs #teaparty #tcot

RT @RubySlipperblog: Back from "Kill the Bill" tea party protest PA 8th Cong Dist Murphy had the HCAN astroturf there with their printed signs #teaparty #tcot

RT @RubySlipperblog: Back from "Kill the Bill" tea party protest PA 8th Cong Dist Murphy had the HCAN astroturf there with their printed signs #teaparty #tcot

RT @RubySlipperblog: Back from "Kill the Bill" tea party protest PA 8th Cong Dist Murphy had the HCAN astroturf there with their printed signs #teaparty #tcot

RT @RubySlipperblog: Back from "Kill the Bill" tea party protest PA 8th Cong Dist Murphy had the HCAN astroturf there with their printed signs #teaparty #tcot

RT @RubySlipperblog: Back from "Kill the Bill" tea party protest PA 8th Cong Dist Murphy had the HCAN astroturf there with their printed signs #teaparty #tcot

RT @RubySlipperblog: Back from "Kill the Bill" tea party protest PA 8th Cong Dist Murphy had the HCAN astroturf there with their printed signs #teaparty #tcot

Back from "Kill the Bill" tea party protest PA 8th Cong Dist Murphy had the HCAN astroturf there with their printed signs #teaparty #tcot

Back from "Kill the Bill" tea party protest PA 8th Cong Dist Murphy had the HCAN astroturf there with their printed signs #teaparty #tcot

RT @Shoq: QUESTION: Mr. Pence, why are you working with AFP, a phony astroturf group funded with millions from Koch Industries? #ratdrop

RT @Shoq: QUESTION: Mr. Pence, why are you working with AFP, a phony astroturf group funded with millions from Koch Industries? #ratdrop

RT @Shoq QUESTION: Mr. Pence, why are you working with #AFP, a phony #astroturf group funded with millions from #Koch Industries? #ratdrop

RT @Shoq QUESTION: Mr. Pence, why are you working with #AFP, a phony #astroturf group funded with millions from #Koch Industries? #ratdrop

RT @Shoq: QUESTION: Mr. Pence, why are you working with AFP, a phony astroturf group funded with millions from Koch Industries? #ratdrop

RT @Shoq: QUESTION: Mr. Pence, why are you working with AFP, a phony astroturf group funded with millions from Koch Industries? #ratdrop