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78. The corporate propaganda state should be a major news story.

Sun Oct 27, 2013, 06:48 PM

Oct 2013

It has reached a level of pervasiveness and interactivity that is creepy as hell, and it is shrouded in darkness when it comes to who is paying for it and how.

We now live in a corporate surveillance state that is purchasing and intimidating investigative journalism (our primary check against government abuse of power) out of existence..

In its place they are growing a malignant propaganda machine.

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Still don't believe there a sock puppets on DU? [View all] Atman Oct 2013 OP

Anyone paying attention knows that sock puppets are epidemic. Warren Stupidity Oct 2013 #1

It seems like I can't even go to murielm99 Oct 2013 #3

Well worse, reviewers are paid shills. Sock puppet isn't the right term. Warren Stupidity Oct 2013 #9

Ummm... I don't know who you're addressing this to, because I'm pretty sure ScreamingMeemie Oct 2013 #2

Plenty of poster over the years have insisted you're just paranoid and self-important... Atman Oct 2013 #7

I have never seen a post that states there are no sockpuppets on DU. ScreamingMeemie Oct 2013 #12

Good for you. I'm happy for you. Atman Oct 2013 #14

I am happy for me too. ScreamingMeemie Oct 2013 #20

so just what did your banter with Atman accomplish? n/t truedelphi Oct 2013 #63

Why don't you tell me? ScreamingMeemie Oct 2013 #64

Agreed. WTF was that? nt GoneFishin Oct 2013 #76

WTF that was is no one has ever in the 11 ScreamingMeemie Oct 2013 #91

There is no point in pointing out sarcasm, or wry humor etc to some Sheepshank Oct 2013 #100

yup Skittles Oct 2013 #93

Hi there, skittles. truedelphi Oct 2013 #105

I think there are definitely some folks with a combination of profound personality disorders and a Warren DeMontague Oct 2013 #15

I think there are paid contractors, foreign and domestic reddread Oct 2013 #16

All of the above. Warren DeMontague Oct 2013 #23

meh, I don't care about that stuff quinnox Oct 2013 #4

Some of the shit I've witnessed over the years has been mind-boggling, to say the least. Warren DeMontague Oct 2013 #25

Yes, yes... this I will agree with. ScreamingMeemie Oct 2013 #35

The people who spend all day at it, really, they oughta get in touch with these pay-to-post outfits Warren DeMontague Oct 2013 #40

I hear you, they probably look something like this... quinnox Oct 2013 #45

I think Senator Vitter's done something different with his hair, hasn't he? Warren DeMontague Oct 2013 #51

lol, indeed! quinnox Oct 2013 #54

Who *doesn't* think there are sockpuppets on DU Lex Oct 2013 #5

Yes, why wouldn't there be? polichick Oct 2013 #38

Not Sooty and Sweep surely ? dipsydoodle Oct 2013 #6

lol, or sue either.. mayby zippy and bungle. loli phabay Oct 2013 #13

The original pipi_k Oct 2013 #49

Hey, you leave Lambchop out of this.... Wounded Bear Oct 2013 #90

So cute, it's chilling! Eek! Squinch Oct 2013 #104

Like what? RobertEarl Oct 2013 #8

. R. Daneel Olivaw Oct 2013 #83

Those are trolls. Hassin Bin Sober Oct 2013 #86

Hey RobertEarl... SidDithers Oct 2013 #92

Or the "don't eat the tuna that has been scientifically proven to be safe" NCTraveler Oct 2013 #102

Not just sock puppets pinboy3niner Oct 2013 #10

Oh, you mean... TeeYiYi Oct 2013 #22

Someone in that thread made an admission about creating a sack puppet... pinboy3niner Oct 2013 #28

that photo just scratches my itch to see my urologist :p nt steve2470 Oct 2013 #30

Scrotally! Senhor Testiculo also looks like he's seriously overdue, lol! nt pinboy3niner Oct 2013 #32

indeed, needs an anti-inflammatory med in the worst way :p nt steve2470 Oct 2013 #34

Urethra for men's health checkups or against them. There's no in-between. nt pinboy3niner Oct 2013 #37

Prost(r)ate before my doc's expertise :p nt steve2470 Oct 2013 #39

Urine trouble Warren DeMontague Oct 2013 #41

Early detection can make a vas deferens pinboy3niner Oct 2013 #46

Now here's someone who should be paid for their work Warren DeMontague Oct 2013 #47

he's got his stream down just right.... :p nt steve2470 Oct 2013 #58

What the hell?..... TeeYiYi Oct 2013 #66

DUers are a virtual fountain of knowledge pinboy3niner Oct 2013 #67

Especially when not tavalon Oct 2013 #89

Urethra? Is she still singing? WinkyDink Oct 2013 #81

Hey--show a little R-E-S-P-E-C-T! pinboy3niner Oct 2013 #82

... R. Daneel Olivaw Oct 2013 #84

Gettin' pretty frothy around here. Eleanors38 Oct 2013 #99

Mr Testy-whatever pipi_k Oct 2013 #56

That would be a neat Piñata. Spitfire of ATJ Oct 2013 #69

The guy wearing it doesn't think so pinboy3niner Oct 2013 #70

I suppose. :/ ... TeeYiYi Oct 2013 #74

I definitely deferens to your expertise here. nadinbrzezinski Oct 2013 #53

Advance planning is key. I'm always thinking a head. pinboy3niner Oct 2013 #57

and.... steve2470 Oct 2013 #11

much more common IMO... Behind the Aegis Oct 2013 #17

yes many times, sigh, wish that book would get permanently loaned out lol nt steve2470 Oct 2013 #19

Any political activist knows infiltrators are common Cerridwen Oct 2013 #18

Message auto-removed Name removed Oct 2013 #21

Welcome back! Scurrilous Oct 2013 #24

Message auto-removed Name removed Oct 2013 #27

You can bid them adieu now. cui bono Oct 2013 #36

I know right? we shld all stay home and never vote, LOL!! bettyellen Oct 2013 #29

They're incredibly easy to spot. sibelian Oct 2013 #26

They're incredibly easy to bait. Coyotl Oct 2013 #52

This message was self-deleted by its author proverbialwisdom Oct 2013 #31

A lot of us will debunk that anti-vax woo for free. Warren DeMontague Oct 2013 #42

Please carefully check out the Mumper study in post #2, noting the source. proverbialwisdom Oct 2013 #71

Like moths to a flame. One even flared out in this very thread! Squinch Oct 2013 #33

I agree! Warren DeMontague Oct 2013 #43

And so do I! Warren DeMontague Oct 2013 #44

hilarious when they deny Skittles Oct 2013 #94

I just assume anybody who disagrees with me is conservative shill el_bryanto Oct 2013 #48

Huge revelation nadinbrzezinski Oct 2013 #50

They're everywhere, and some of them are pretty frigging stupid, too! MADem Oct 2013 #55

Great--give them survival tips, why don't you? pinboy3niner Oct 2013 #59

They're so hubris laden they just can't help themselves! MADem Oct 2013 #60

They have so many 'tells' that the MIRT members who dispatch them feel overpaid pinboy3niner Oct 2013 #61

lol it is pretty easy from what I can see already nt steve2470 Oct 2013 #62

You'd be good on MIRT. Warren DeMontague Oct 2013 #65

One of these days I will give it a shot. MADem Oct 2013 #79

#1 thing that annoys them? Spitfire of ATJ Oct 2013 #68

How very true. n/t truedelphi Oct 2013 #85

It's true! It's true! DeSwiss Oct 2013 #72

Your title is a mislead demwing Oct 2013 #73

There probably are sock puppets on DU. A Simple Game Oct 2013 #75

Kick And Recommend cantbeserious Oct 2013 #77

The corporate propaganda state should be a major news story. woo me with science Oct 2013 #78

We need a new "non-participatory" culture. sibelian Oct 2013 #95

I suspect we end up paying for much of it. woo me with science Oct 2013 #98

If it was good enough for Samsung,..... WinkyDink Oct 2013 #80

Personally I'm surprised that this is real. D23MIURG23 Oct 2013 #87

Oh, I know there are sock puppets tavalon Oct 2013 #88

the word 'news' should never appear in the same sentence as 'fox' spanone Oct 2013 #96

Occult Republicon hirelings skulking about doing EVIL Berlum Oct 2013 #97

Which is why I view anyone on DU posting links to Fox News Hutzpa Oct 2013 #101

This is why Republicans don't win Presidential elections! CoffeeCat Oct 2013 #103