Generally Astro turfs on the conveyor belt with owner George. The winners are usually Jane, Elroy and Judy because the seldom have to turf Astro.
the appearance of a spontaneous internet "meme", in fact driven by an artificial (hence the term) "grassroots", typically a PR firm ,or other supporters of a political campaign. see Axelrod, David.
I find this term offensive. - Astroturf if is a brand. The correct term is synthetic turf or artificial turf. - There is nothing wrong with artificial turf. It's a great way for schools, business, cities, homeowners to save 100,000's of thousands of $'s in water, landscaping, and maintenance. Brought to you by your local synthetic turf manufacturer account manager.
Real examples of Astroturfing as none have been posted: In 2003, identical letters supporting Bush's economic policies were sent to the opinions sections of multiple newspapers accross the country. When Microsoft was being broken up for violating anti-trust laws, similar letters to the editor were sent to various newspapers saying they disagreed with the DOJ's lawsuit. A fake blog, "All I want for X-mas is a PSP," was set up by Sony and a marketing team.
