Scientology Astroturfing Again

[Alex P. Keaton]

Apparently Scientology is astroturfing again. An article appeared on insider dot com, and was picked up by Yahoo and by MSN.

Yahoo "article"

MSN "article"

(I am not sure how long these will remain on Yahoo and MSN.)

In this propaganda piece, a couple parked 30 minutes away from a theater and had to walk in a pouring rain. There happened to be a CO$ building right next door, and this couple was curious. The male was shown the door after a few minutes, but the female was interviewed for TWO HOURS after taking her OCA. How will separating them like this somehow bring them "closer together"? Completely phony.

Scientology "empowered us both to be unapologetic and authentic in our relationship." How? They never got to talk together if the boyfriend was escorted out after 5 minutes. It does NOT support a feeling of "bringing us closer together" or "making us feel more connected" when they are separated for two hours. And we all know even if they both got in the cult, Scientology will teach them pretty quickly to snitch on each other and drive them apart.

So I will ask the question again: "How does Scientology help bring two people closer together"? It does not. This is pure astroturfing. Shame on them !!!

 

[TheSneakster]

Apparently Scientology is astroturfing again.

"Astroturfing" does not mean, the PR activity of planting stories in the media.

The term originates from the idea of "grass roots" popular movements. "Astroturf" (in other words, plastic fake grass) in that context means a fake popular movement that is actually some corporation's PR operation.

 

[Churchill]

Apparently Scientology is astroturfing again. An article appeared on insider dot com, and was picked up by Yahoo and by MSN.

Yahoo "article"

MSN "article"

A couple parked 30 minutes away from a theater and had to walk in a pouring rain. There happened to be a CO$ building right next door. The male was shown the door after a few minutes, but the female was interviewed for TWO HOURS after taking her OCA. How will separating them like this somehow bring them "closer together"? Completely phony.

Scientology "empowered us both to be unapologetic and authentic in our relationship." How? They never got to talk together if the boyfriend was escorted out after 5 minutes. That does NOT support a feeling of "bringing us closer together". And we all know Scientology will teach them pretty quickly to snitch on each other.

So I will ask the question again: "How does Scientology help bring two people closer together"? It does not. Pure astroturfing. Scientology is truly spreading the manure here. Hopefully we'll see the end of this campaign immediately.

The real story is in the comments, as is often the case with this kind of clickbait.

 

[La La Lou Lou]

Apparently Scientology is astroturfing again. An article appeared on insider dot com, and was picked up by Yahoo and by MSN.

Yahoo "article"

MSN "article"

(I am not sure how long these will remain on Yahoo and MSN.)

In this propaganda piece, a couple parked 30 minutes away from a theater and had to walk in a pouring rain. There happened to be a CO$ building right next door, and this couple was curious. The male was shown the door after a few minutes, but the female was interviewed for TWO HOURS after taking her OCA. How will separating them like this somehow bring them "closer together"? Completely phony.

Scientology "empowered us both to be unapologetic and authentic in our relationship." How? They never got to talk together if the boyfriend was escorted out after 5 minutes. It does NOT support a feeling of "bringing us closer together" or "making us feel more connected" when they are separated for two hours. And we all know even if they both got in the cult, Scientology will teach them pretty quickly to snitch on each other and drive them apart.

So I will ask the question again: "How does Scientology help bring two people closer together"? It does not. This is pure astroturfing. Shame on them !!!

The answers for their test was fed into a supercomputer.

Well how things change, in my day it was done quite differently.

 

[Alex P. Keaton]

"Astroturfing" does not mean, the PR activity of planting stories in the media.

Would you prefer some other term? Go ahead and suggest it. Sometimes I won't use the term you think is most appropriate. Too bad.

I'm a little busy right now. Maybe today I can get some work done on the fence in my back yard, or troubleshoot the brand new power steering equipment I installed in my spare sedan that mysteriously doesn't work, or a half dozen other projects I have going on. I don't have the time to play "grammar nazi" or "word usage dictator". (Many of the 1.9L Saturns had manual steering, so I could downgrade the car with stock parts, but I would rather not.)

I'm just grateful that the guy didn't see "Battlefield Earth" at the theater after he got kicked out of the cult compound. Too bad she is so easily brainwashed (in this little fairytale).

 

[I M Dex]

"Astroturfing" does not mean, the PR activity of planting stories in the media.

The term originates from the idea of "grass roots" popular movements. "Astroturf" (in other words, plastic fake grass) in that context means a fake popular movement that is actually some corporation's PR operation.

I needed the clarification, but that "clarification" was confusing to me. "Does not mean.."?
Anyway, for me, this says it more clearly, at least for me:

astroturfing/ˈastrōˌtərfiNG/
how to pronounce astroturfing - Google Search
noun: astroturfing

1. the deceptive practice of presenting an orchestrated marketing or public relations campaign in the guise of unsolicited comments from members of the public.​
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   Origin:​
   
   
   1970s (in the sense ‘the process of covering an area with Astroturf’): from Astroturf.​

 

[I M Dex]

Anyway, for me, this says it more clearly, at least for me:

I almost forgot, this sentence was brought to you by the redundancy department of redundancy.