Colbert writer sets up Twitter account to mock Fox News ‘sock puppets’

[meegbear]

A staff writer for The Colbert Report has come up with a hilarious way to mock Fox News efforts to counter negative online commentary.

According to a new book by NPR media writer David Folkenflik, the network’s public relations team set up phony accounts to fill comment sections of negative or neutral blog posts with “pro-Fox rants.”

“You have to police the comment section; that’s the most important part of an online article,” said host Stephen Colbert. “It’s the only reason that I know that the ongoing war in Syria is ‘GAAAAAAY!’ (and) ‘Ron Paul 2012!’”

But Colbert noted that “these days, people get their news via the Twitter bird, and Fox can’t police the ‘tweeterverse’ by themselves.”

So staff writer Rob Dubbin designed an algorithm that posts a Twitter comment that combines a positive film review from the website Rotten Tomatoes that swaps out the film names with the names of “beloved Fox News shows and personalities.”

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http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/11/05/colbert-writer-sets-up-twitter-account-to-fox-news-sock-puppets/

Here's the account @RealHumanPraise

[a kennedy]

1. This is pretty funny.

[tridim]

2. Hehe, proves how generic and cheesy most movie reviews are.

This one was just posted:

Real Human Praise ?@RealHumanPraise 11m
'Happening Now' captures a snapshot of young, affluent white women with remarkable accuracy and decisive detail. #PraiseFOX

Pretty much spot on!