You heard it here second, folks
Today I noticed the word "astroturf" used in a new way on BoingBoing:
Pretty clever. I like it when someone uses one perfect word to describe that which would otherwise use many words, like "truthiness" and "scientician."
I predict we will see "astroturf" used more frequently this way throughout 2007.
(Perhaps one day I will find a word to describe "one perfect word to describe that which would otherwise use many words"?)
Astroturfers attack PETA in the NYT
The "Center for Consumer Freedom" placed ads in the NYT attacking PETA, a radical pro-animal group. A little digging reveals that the "Center for Consumer Freedom" is an astroturf organization (fake grassroots) funded by the fast-food companies that PETA opposes. Link (Thanks, Seth!)
posted by Cory Doctorow at 05:22:59 AM
Pretty clever. I like it when someone uses one perfect word to describe that which would otherwise use many words, like "truthiness" and "scientician."
I predict we will see "astroturf" used more frequently this way throughout 2007.
(Perhaps one day I will find a word to describe "one perfect word to describe that which would otherwise use many words"?)
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