“Our Fake Ron Paul online campaign press release was published.” –I Love Hannity
Congratulations FredHeads!
I submitted a fake news story about Ron Paul and his online campaign. I used one of the free news release services and it just got published. Ha Ha!
It’s only in an australian newspaper but im sure the us media will pick it up soon.
What do you think of my fake name? I’m Professor De Bots. Get it .. de bots..
Here’s the paper it was published in:
Fake article
Here’s the fake Ron Paul news story I did. I can’t believe an editor was stupid enough to publish it. I’m very proud of myself.
Senator* in ‘fake online campaign’
-Ron Paul’s online campaign may be fake.
-Receiving thousands of hits
-Suspected of being an astroturfing campaign
* Ron Paul is a Congressman, “FredHead.” — Frank Roman
A CANDIDATE for the US presidency is being buoyed by a huge online campaign that may be a fake a grassroots movement organised by party staff.
YouTube footage of Texan Republican Senator Ron Paul, whose candidacy has been overshadowed in the media by competitors Rudi Giuliani, Fred Thompson and John McCain, has been viewed by tens of thousands of people in the last week.
As of 11am AEST today, a compilation of different clips of Senator Paul was the top rated video of the past 24 hours.
The clip had been viewed nearly 60,000 times since it was uploaded yesterday
But it was not the only clip of the senator receiving kudos from YouTube users, with another 10 videos appearing in today’s list of the site’s 100 top rated recordings.
Of the 11 featured clips of Senator Paul, only one user uploaded more than one of them in the last 24 hours.
Head of Flinders University’s Department of American Studies Don De Bots told NEWS.com.au that it “sounded like” an astroturfing campaign.
Astroturfing is the term used to describe a fake grassroots campaign, in which members of an organisation create the illusion that “ordinary people” are behind the movement.
Professor De Bots said that for a relatively unknown candidate like Senator Paul to have so much prominence online was suspicious.
“I would not put any credibility on those results,” Prof De Bots said.
“I find it terrifically surprising and unlikely (that Senator Paul would attract that level of response).”
Earlier this week, the senator’s campaign team issued a press release that said: “Dr Paul’s video channel has been viewed 4.5 million times by supporters who embrace his message of freedom and limited government, making him one of the most-watched presidential candidates in internet history.”
Click here to visit Senator Paul’s official YouTube channel.
Those figures were based only on clips uploaded by one user, RonPaul2008dotcom, who didn’t have any clips in today’s 100 top rated list.
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