Astroturfing exists on both sides of the political spectrum but as far as I can see, like Joly says, Bennett doesn't astroturf.
Not that some leading proponents of net neutrality would even know a router if it bit them, so there's enough FUD to spare all over. On Saturday, July 26, 2014, Joly MacFie <j...@punkcast.com> wrote: > Personally, I don't get it. > > To mock the Brett Glass Google obsession (PK.EFF, Susan Crawford etc) - as > I do - while casting aspersions on Bennett and the ITIF, is hypocrisy. > > Astroturfing - defined as paid spoofing of grass roots support for a > position - definitely exists, and is heavily practiced by Telecom > incumbents, but Bennett isn't it. There is no way he is "grass roots". > > He is a pundit, an advocate, arguably a shill, but astroturf, no. > > j > > > On Fri, Jul 25, 2014 at 12:17 PM, William Allen Simpson < > william.allen.simp...@gmail.com <javascript:;>> wrote: > > > On 7/22/14 12:07 PM, Paul WALL wrote: > > > >> Provided without comment: > >> > >> http://www.esquire.com/blogs/news/comcast-astroturfing-net-neutrality > >> > >> Thanks! This is nothing new for him. There's astroturf from > > him going back to '08 on NANOG. > > > > Remember when he was shilling for ITIF -- a "think tank" whose > > board was then co-chaired by conservative congress-critters and > > dominated by corporate governmental affairs (nee lobbyists)? > > > > > > > -- > --------------------------------------------------------------- > Joly MacFie 218 565 9365 Skype:punkcast > WWWhatsup NYC - http://wwwhatsup.com > http://pinstand.com - http://punkcast.com > VP (Admin) - ISOC-NY - http://isoc-ny.org > -------------------------------------------------------------- > - > -- --srs (iPad)
