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[News] Astroturfers with Microsoft-esque Fake Letters Busted

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Shameless Front Group Plans More Astroturf

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| After its public relations firm was outed for sending fake letters opposing 
| the Waxman-Markey Climate Bill to members of Congress, the American Coalition 
| for Clean Coal Electricity (ACCCE) is expanding its "grassroots" outreach. 
| The coal industry front group "is launching a $1 million campaign" to secure 
| more concessions for coal in the Senate version of the climate change bill.    
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http://www.prwatch.org/node/8489


Related:

Microsoft puppets spamming ANSI

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| An impressive list of spam comments asking for supporting OOXML and
| backward compatibility, claiming also that "Open XML in no way
| contradicts any other international document standard". No really?
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http://www.noooxml.org/forum/t-11857/microsoft-puppets-spamming-ansi


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| In 2001, the Los Angeles Times accused Microsoft of astroturfing
| when hundreds of similar letters were sent to newspapers voicing
| disagreement with the United States Department of Justice and its
| antitrust suit against Microsoft. The letters, prepared by Americans
| for Technology Leadership, had in some cases been mailed from
| deceased citizens or nonexistent addresses.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astroturfing
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