GOP Lawmaker: Obama Using Fake Twitter Messages In Fight Over Gun Control

[ShooterInPA1]

http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-actio...ntrol-messages

A Texas Republican on Monday said President Obama's gun control campaign is a fraud based on fake messages over Twitter.
Rep. Steve Stockman (R-Texas) accused Obama of trying to make support for his position look stronger than it really is by flooding Twitter with messages from people who don't exist.

"Obama's anti-gun campaign is a fraud," Stockman said. "Obama's supporters are panicking and willing to do anything to create the appearance of popular support, even if it means trying to defraud Congress," he added. "I call upon the president to denounce this phony spam campaign."
Stockman said that in response to Obama's call for people to tweet their congressman in support of gun control legislation, he received just 16 tweets. But he said all of these messages were identical, and that a closer look at them revealed that only six were from real people.

"The other 10 are fake, computer-generated spambots," his office said in a press release. As evidence, he said these 10 tweets use default graphics and names, and have not engaged in any interaction with other people. Two of the tweets were sent at nearly the same time, and both follow just one person: Brad Schenck, Obama's former digital strategist.

[indiandave]

Fake like his birth certificate?

[AlphaChase]

Fake like his birth certificate?

It doesn't get more fake than that.. http://www.americanthinker.com/2012/...he_layers.html

[PA Rifleman]

Google the term astroturfing.

[GrumpyBear]

Google the term astroturfing.

From wikipedia: Astroturfing refers to political, advertising or public relations campaigns that are designed to mask the sponsors of the message to give the appearance of coming from a disinterested, grassroots participant. Astroturfing is intended to give the statements the credibility of an independent entity by withholding information about the source's financial connection. The term is a derivation of AstroTurf, a brand of synthetic carpeting designed to look like natural grass.

Astroturfers use software to mask their identity. Sometimes one individual operates over many personas to give the impression of widespread support for their client's agenda.[citation needed] Some studies suggest astroturfing can alter public viewpoints and create enough doubt to inhibit action.


Thanks I learned something new.

[7998]

You mean to tell me the .gov is using propaganda and bogeymen to try and gain support of the sheep so they can ram their agenda down our throats?

[PA Rifleman]

Also, for your consideration:

• False flag
• Grey propaganda
• Black propaganda
• Sporgery

What was formerly the domain of spooks and other clandestine parties is now the standard playbook of political parties.