Posted on 10/10/2009 8:22:58 PM PDT by TaraP
Obama’s Attorney General, Eric Holder, has apparently hired a cadre of left-wing, Democrat campaign bloggers to troll through the Internet looking for news stories and blog posts that denigrate the Obama agenda. After such websites are found it is the job of these secret lefty bloggers to leave comments that come to the support of Obamaism in the comments sections.
It seems that Eric Holder has created his own little propaganda unit in a valiant effort to become the Bloggi Riefenstahl of the Obama era.
As reported at The Muffled Oar, a blog that first broke the story of Holder’s secretive blogging unit — dubbed the “Blog Squad” by blogger Isaac Muzzey — Holder has housed this unit in the Office of Public Affairs at the Department of Justice. It also appears that former John Edwards staffer Tracy Russo is part of this special unit.
A site called whorunsgov.com reported back in May that DOJ hired Russo to do “media outreach for the whole department.” It is, according to whorunsgov.com, the first time such an effort has been made at DOJ.
Of Russo’s duties, The Muffled Oar says:
Not only is the Department of Justice Blog Squad going to reach out to nontraditional media like TPM Muckraker or the Muffled Oar, but they are also tasked with fostering anonymous comments at conservative leaning blogs such as the Free Republic.
They are also tasked with fostering anonymous comments, or comments under pseudonyms, at newspaper websites with stories critical of the Department of Justice, Holder and President Obama.
If indeed this is what DOJ media outreach does it would most certainly qualify as “astroturfing.” Astroturfing is the action of using fake commenters and multiple screen names on all sorts of sites to push a similar opinion to create the appearance of a grass roots movement and make it seem as if there are all sorts of individuals naturally supporting a product or political movement.
Not sure if this was ever posted, as it names Freerepublic in the article....This can’t be!
Didn't FTC make “paid blogging with endorsements illegal?”
“they are also tasked with fostering anonymous comments at conservative leaning blogs such as the Free Republic.”
We have been aware of this for some time now.
Do not fear—our Troll Patrol is always on duty. It’s a cinch to spot these amateurs.
It should be...We still have freedom of Speech I hope!
Trolls get ZOTted on FR.
And, said slowly, the word "denigrate" treads dangerously closely to being blatant hate-speach about ethnic dining habits.
;-O
I know that....I am just worried that those trolls and Obamabots are trying to control the Internet, with that looming Internet Czar created by Obozo...
**Didn’t FTC make “paid blogging with endorsements illegal?”**
dunno if it’s illegal or NOT, ...BUT ... It does show What LOSERS the LIBERAL STATISTS ARE, and how LOW they will GO to try to advance their FASCIST AGENDA.
I cannot stand Holder or Obama — have no respect for either and never have. Figures Holder and this bunch would come up with something like this. I don’t see how it is legal and why American taxpayers are footing the bill for the DOJ to hire these kind of people.
In fact, I wonder how many people have been hired in this Administration to tramp on the free speech of American citizens?
There are trolls on here that keep on posting. You can tell some our here to promote the agenda of Obama with some of their comments including the ones that want to split conservatives. Waste of time on their part.
I am going to send this to my two Senators Inhofe and Coburn and ask what they think. Dr. Tom sits on Judiciary.
You see them all over the place. A lot of it is just cut/paste.
The German Nazi Party would be envious.
Memo to Mr. Holder: You are a sneak sir. I wonder if you are gathering this information contrary to law so you can use it to arrest the opposition on that day when you announce that America is no longer a democracy but a Socialist Republic.
Not if it's done "For the Cheeruns".
They got away with roasting 70+ people alive in Waco.
What was the real motive for having to destroy the evidence?
That was laid off on the Chirruns excuse, We had to roast them, they'ze wuz bein moelestered.
So, no, it's not entirely legal, but with the horrid creatures inhabiting our govt, don't put it past them!
Thanks that is a great idea! Knowing Obama and his cohorts I am sure the agenda is having them control every facet of the Internet, just like all good facists dictators do, who control the people with an iron fist...
They’ll try.
I agree with you on their agenda. I just sent the story to one of his aides to ask if Dr. Tom knew about this. It really is disgusting that our tax dollars are paying for them to spy on us.
Not if it is motivated out of hatred. In case you do not understand, eveil is now allowed totally free speech. For example, NAMBLA advocacy is legal. Your outspoken opposition is not just against the law, you may be indicted for it.
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