| But the significant element of astroturfing in many of these instances of democratisation is widely ignored. |
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| Still, some argue that the angry reaction from editors over astroturfing is blowing the situation out of proportion. |
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| What he is talking about is not really astroturfing, but rather the granting of some individuals a big megaphone. |
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| Belief in ordinary voices is exploited by PRs and politicians skilled in the dark art of astroturfing. |
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| An aide said Mr. Markey hoped to combat the tactic of astroturfing in which a professional lobbying effort is made to seem like a grass-roots movement. |
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| These can be counteracted through astroturfing and other kinds of guerilla marketing, and human corruptibility, error, and laziness, respectively. |
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| Advertising and PR strategists regard astroturfing as the next frontier. |
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| At its worst, it is a form of astroturfing, the pernicious practice of trying to trick people into thinking that has widespread support from ordinary members of the public. |
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| Problem was, his supporters sent it to multiple newspapers without changing the text whatsoever, leading the campaign to have to apologize for astroturfing. |
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| There's a lot of controversy surrounding the so-called astroturfing. |
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| In some quarters, it has become a war of fake blogs, spambots, and astroturfing, and in some extreme cases, extortion. |
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