Fox News used thousands of fake aliases to counter negative comments (Whitehouse, Obama)

[biggunsmallbrains]

Now I know why there's some vocal support here for Fox.

In "Murdoch's World," the new book about News Corp. Chairman Rupert Murdoch and his media empire, NPR's David Folkenflik revealed that publicists at Fox News used thousands of fake aliases to counter negative comments on anti-Fox blog posts across the Web.

"Fox PR staffers were expected to counter not just negative and even neutral blog postings but the anti-Fox comments beneath them," Folkenflik wrote. "One former staffer recalled using twenty different aliases to post pro-Fox rants. Another had one hundred. Several employees had to acquire a cell phone thumb drive to provide a wireless broadband connection that could not be traced back to a Fox News or News Corp account."

http://news.yahoo.com/colbert-twitte...173740903.html

Do you get paid by the comment or is it by the laugh?

[jmqueen]

Well, at least they're not hacking into people's cell phones to get all the dirt on crime victims likey the did in the UK.


As far as we know.

[Kracer]

Remember whitehouse .gov........ turn in the names of your friends who oppose obamcare? OOps take that off line once discovered.

Obama expected the IRS to persecute political opposition and suppress the conservative vote.

So what did FOX do?

[hogfamily]

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[biggunsmallbrains]

Originally Posted by Kracer

Remember whitehouse .gov........ turn in the names of your friends who oppose obamcare? OOps take that off line once discovered.

Obama expected the IRS to persecute political opposition and suppress the conservative vote.

So what did FOX do?

I know. The only answer is "they did worse." It's the playground remark that keeps giving. I guess someones getting a big holiday bonus.

[truthseeking]

Fake aliases are not limited to Fox, nor is it a new thing limited to just news outlets.

I'm not Fox supporter by the way.

[Aldous9]

Originally Posted by truthseeking

Fake aliases are not limited to Fox, nor is it a new thing limited to just news outlets.

I'm not Fox supporter by the way.

This kind of stuff is what political operations and campaigns do. It's not surprising that FOX has been caught doing it since FOX is a political organization, not a news organization.