Fake Online Campaign ?

[purepaloma]

Wow.......think Ron Paul is scaring the establishment ?

http://www.infowars.com/articles/us/ron_paul_international_murdoch_media_smearing_of_r on_paul_begins.htm

[ItsTime]

We all know that online people are not real. They are Robots and Unicorns. The tricky part is where these spammers and hackers have been able to create holograms to show up at straw polls and vote....

[RonPaulFever]

This article has already been debunked as a deliberate joke.

Strike another blow to the credibility of Infowars:rolleyes:

[quickmike]

Wow.......think Ron Paul is scaring the establishment ?

http://www.infowars.com/articles/us/ron_paul_international_murdoch_media_smearing_of_r on_paul_begins.htm

What are you talking about????

I was paid by the campaign to be here. Werent you guys? I get paid 25 cents for every positive comment that I post about Ron Paul and 50 cents for every slim jim I hand out to people.

get with the program you guys. Theres money to be made in being a RP supporter

[moonbat]

I would have been posting more if I knew I was getting paid... :mad:

[steph3n]

moonbat, it is only monopoly money :D

[moonbat]

moonbat, it is only monopoly money :D

I'll be rich!:D

[johngr]

This article has already been debunked as a deliberate joke.

Strike another blow to the credibility of Infowars:rolleyes:

I understand how this make one doubt how credible the Herald-Sun is (that Murdoch). I'm no fan of Infowars, I think it's a disinfo organ, but how does this impugn their credibility.

[dude58677]

We are not real people and instead we are cartoon characters represented by screen names, avatars, profiles that are stuck in a computer.:D :D :D

[steph3n]

oh yes the money must be faykpal then :)


We are not real people and instead we are cartoon characters represented by screen names, avatars, profiles that are stuck in a computer.:D :D :D

[RP4ME]

This article has already been debunked as a deliberate joke.

Strike another blow to the credibility of Infowars:rolleyes:

yes but we dont know if thats true.....if they arent giving FTF and Hammity credit for something Murdoch put out - who kn ows??

[kimosabi]

This article has already been debunked as a deliberate joke.

Strike another blow to the credibility of Infowars:rolleyes:

I think your credibility just got debunked...

Article from the main Murdoch owned news outlet in Australia.



Republican Ron Paul in possible 'fake online campaign'

By Mark Schliebs
October 12, 2007 12:32pm

Ron Paul's online campaign may be fake
Receiving thousands of hits
Suspected of being an astroturfing campaign
A CANDIDATE for the US presidency is being buoyed by a massive online campaign that may be a fake grassroots movement organised by party staff.

YouTube footage of Texan Republican Congressman Ron Paul, whose candidacy has been overshadowed in the media by competitors Rudy Giuliani, Fred Thompson and John McCain, has been viewed by tens of thousands of people in the last week.

As of 11am (AEST) today, a compilation of different clips of Dr Paul was the “Top Rated” video of the past 24 hours.

The clip had been viewed nearly 60,000 times since it was uploaded yesterday.

Watch the video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FG2PUZoukfA

But it was not the only clip of the Congressman receiving kudos from Youtube users, with another 10 videos appearing in today’s list of the site’s 100 "Top Rated" recordings. (http://www.youtube.com/browse?s=tr&t=t&c=0&l)

Of the 11 featured clips of Dr Paul, only one user uploaded more than one of them in the last 24 hours.
Just one of the 11 clips in the list was actually featured in today's top 100 "Most Viewed" videos.

Head of Flinders University’s Department of American Studies Don De Bats told NEWS.com.au that it “sounded like” an astroturfing campaign.

Astroturfing is the term used to describe a fake grassroots campaign, where members of an organisation create the illusion that “ordinary people” are behind the movement.

Professor De Bats said that for a relatively unknown candidate like Dr Paul to have so much prominence online was suspicious.

“I would not put any credibility on those results,” Prof De Bats said.

“I find it terrifically surprising and unlikely (that Dr Paul would attract that level of response).”

Earlier this week, the Republican's campaign team issued a press release that said: “Dr Paul's video channel has been viewed 4.5 million times by supporters who embrace his message of freedom and limited government, making him one of the most-watched presidential candidates in internet history.”
Click here to visit Ron Paul's official YouTube channel. (http://www.youtube.com/profile_videos?user=RonPaul2008dotcom)

Those figures were only based on clips uploaded by one user, RonPaul2008dotcom, who didn’t have any clips in today’s 100 Top Rated list.

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,22573751-401,00.html


Ha, Murdoch is running scared of Ron Paul and these types of articles turn out to be conter-productive and expose even more people to the Ron Paul Message around the world.

Thankyou Mr Murdoch, you would have better off shutting up and saying nothing.