Media Fraud – Just A Cup Of Coffee My Ass

This latest example of mainstream media fraud comes from St. Louis, and features coverage of the so called “Coffee Party”.

The following clip is only 2 minutes long, so watch all of it, and then look at the images below to understand why this video is nothing short of media prostitution for their progressive cause.

This report attempts to paint a picture of a moderate, open minded movement in the process of conducting early, friendly gatherings.

:25 – Brewing yes, but steamed? Well, not if they can help it.

:45 – Leaders of this group say civility is their first priority

:55 – We’re not looking to balance extremes. When we sit down for a cup of coffee, we’re not at each other’s throats.

1:37 – Organizers say they are just volunteers, and invite those with different opinions to join their effort to swallow their pride in the interest of progress.

1:44 – [Organizer] I don’t particularly think it is useful to sit at a table with only people who see things the way I do.

But context is everything, and this report ignores some glaring facts which betray the lies being pushed in this story.

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Tags: astroturf, astroturfing, Coffee Party, media bias, Media Malpractice
Posted Mar 8th 2010 at 6:18 am in Media Criticism, News, Politics, State Politics, Tea Party | 85526104 Commentshttp://biggovernment.com/amarcus/2010/03/08/media-fraud-just-a-cup-of-coffee-my-ass/Media+Fraud+-+Just+A+Cup+Of+Coffee+My+Ass2010-03-08+14%3A18%3A11Andrew++Marcus

Was Democrats’ Health Care Strategy Written In Federal Prison?

On August 31, I headed to the health care town hall meeting of my congressional representative, Jan Schakowsky (D-IL). I suspected that she planned to stack the meeting with paid organizers, after she vowed on Real Time with Bill Maher to bring “millions” of people into the streets to support the so-called “public option.” So I brought a video camera.

A friend and I took turns filming protesters on both sides of the issue. We caught an organizer from the group Health Care for America Now (HCAN) instructing followers to block dissenting views: “So if they stand up and start asking questions, and you’re in that area, simply stand up, and start chanting… ‘Health care now! Health care now!’”

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Tags: ACORN, Alinsky, American Medical Association, Andy Stern, astroturfing
Posted Dec 7th 2009 at 3:01 pm in Big Labor, Exclusives, Featured Story, Healthcare, Justice/Legal, News, Obama, Politics | 42174489 Commentshttp://biggovernment.com/jpollak/2009/12/07/was-democrats-health-care-strategy-written-in-federal-prison/Was+Democrats%E2%80%99+Health+Care+Strategy+Written+In+Federal+Prison%3F2009-12-07+22%3A01%3A13Joel+B.+Pollak

Astroturfing the NEA: Winner & Associates in on the Scheme?

Color me unsurprised to find out that an employee of Winner and Associates — who you’ll recall we revealed were behind the astroturfing campaign to discredit Sarah Palin — was in on the National Endowment for the Arts phone call outlining how the Obama Administration would use that government organization to push its agenda.

From a list of those participating in the conference call:

After we uncovered the link between Winner and Associates, David Axelrod, and the smear campaign against Sarah Palin designed to look as though it was coming from the “grass roots” we begged — literally begged! — the MSM to look into whether the large campaign consulting firm was subcontracted by David Axelrod for work on the Obama campaign. As I noted at the time, I’m just a blogger and don’t really have the resources necessary to conduct a thorough investigation.

As Ace notes here, once Ethan Winner confessed that he was behind the video, the MSM concluded that there was nothing more to investigate. This despite the fact that I showed that at least two other Winner and Associate employees — a subdivision of the largest advertising agency in the world — participated in the astroturfing campaign during normal business hours.

Three employees, one of them the President of the subdivision and another a VP, claimed they were doing this on their own time — which we showed could not have been the case — and on their own dime. On their own dime? Maybe, but it still seems unlikely.

And now we have another Winner and Associates guy at the NEA conference call? He’s also listed as one of the founders of Generation Obama. (more…)

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Tags: astroturfing, Bim Ayandele, Buffy Wicks, David Axelrod, Ethan Winner
Posted Sep 22nd 2009 at 12:03 pm in Culture, News, Politics | 672262 Commentshttp://biggovernment.com/rshackleford/2009/09/22/astroturfing-the-nea-winner-associates-in-on-the-scheme/Astroturfing+the+NEA%3A+Winner+%26+Associates+in+on+the+Scheme%3F2009-09-22+19%3A03%3A04Rusty+Shackleford