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14. A corporate lobby trolling on the internet?

Mon Mar 10, 2014, 02:43 PM

Mar 2014

That can't be right -- I've been told that only the NSA/CIA/GCHQ uses fake accounts to discredit people, and hires shills to troll propaganda...

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Big Telecom spams 1-star reviews of "Captive Audience"; Amazon customer hits back [View all] brentspeak Mar 2014 OP

+1. nt bemildred Mar 2014 #1

Excellent to see people calling out manufactured garbage propaganda. woo me with science Mar 2014 #2

K & R L0oniX Mar 2014 #3

Brilliant! Scuba Mar 2014 #4

god, some people are so amazing. This person is one of them. :D roguevalley Mar 2014 #5

Be sure to upvote this comment and downvote the others... ;-) eggplant Mar 2014 #6

I read the book when it first came out.... prairierose Mar 2014 #7

That happens with a lot of things in our country Victor_c3 Mar 2014 #13

Sounds like a book that better be read. toby jo Mar 2014 #8

Brilliant DonCoquixote Mar 2014 #9

Wish I wrote that! KT2000 Mar 2014 #10

Interesting observation... Bryce Butler Mar 2014 #11

You favor the telecom monopolies? Seriously? Enthusiast Mar 2014 #12

Out of all the 1-star reviews... Bryce Butler Mar 2014 #15

A corporate lobby trolling on the internet? Blue_Tires Mar 2014 #14