Oliver Wong wrote:
> "Roy Schestowitz" <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:10181412.LsVkh6K5l2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Yelp reviewers paid for their opinions
> >
> > ,----[ Quote ]
> > | The Los Angeles Times in 2001 reported that Microsoft arranged
> > | to have hundreds of letters criticizing the US Justice Department's
> > | antitrust action against the software maker mailed to newspapers
> > | across the country. In some cases the screeds bore the signatures
> > | of dead people and non-existent addresses.
> > `----
> >
> > http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/01/10/yelp_reviewers_paid/
>
> Roy, you claimed that if the subject lines were misleading, it was
> unintentional because you skimmed through the articles too quickly. So I'm
> pointing out to you now that this subject line is misleading. It implies
> that Microsoft is "carrying on" astroturfing, but the article you posted is
> about an unrelated company called Yelp, and only mentions Microsoft in
> passing for something they did 6 years ago (2001). (Incidentally, the
> article also accuses Netscape and Sony of astroturfing).
>
> MS may or may not be astroturfing currently, but the evidence presented
> in this article do not support the claim either way.
More lies and misleading titles from Roy Schestowitz... NO! Say it
isn't so.
What's up with his recent posts anyway. He posts some short blurb with
a deceiving headline then goes on and on with 250 lines and 3000 words
of "and this reminds me of..."
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