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intaglio

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5. Well colour me blue and call me Mr Wuffles

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Sun Oct 20, 2013, 01:43 PM

Oct 2013

I am not exactly surprised.

There has long been a suspicion that certain unpopular industries do the same and may pay people to comment at places like HuffPo and on popular message boards.

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Fox News Reportedly Used Fake Commenter Accounts To Rebut Critical Blog Posts [View all] kpete Oct 2013 OP

I have little doubt that this is still happening. Raine1967 Oct 2013 #1

Could never happen here, lol grahamhgreen Oct 2013 #2

I really do believe that a big chunk of news website comments are paid/fake commenters. TwilightGardener Oct 2013 #3

Could someone PM me the list of Fox Workers on DU? DURHAM D Oct 2013 #4

Well colour me blue and call me Mr Wuffles intaglio Oct 2013 #5

What a crock of Republicon shit Fox "news" is. It's freaking unAmerican to lie all the time Berlum Oct 2013 #6

Duh. Curmudgeoness Oct 2013 #7

Pretty much what I assume any time I encounter a contrary person online. nt BluegrassStateBlues Oct 2013 #8