Astroturf

AstroTurf astroturf English Alternative forms en astroturf Etymology See en AstroTurf and en astroturfing. Verb en transitive To cover with an artificial grasslike material. en 2002 Wendy Perriam Tread Softly 17 But what was there left to Astroturf? The sitting-room? Hugh's bald patch? en 2006 Dick Wolfsie Indiana Curiosities, 2nd 41 Is it just me, or is it hard to find anyone nowadays to Astroturf your car? en politics transitive usually lowercase To fabricate an impression of political support for an agenda. en 2009-12-01 James Hoggan; Richard Littlemore Climate Cover-Up: The Crusade to Deny Global Warming Greystone Books Ltd 9781926706771 197 We have been Astroturfed by some of the biggest players in the business. As you will read in the coming pages, a reasonable-sounding group called Americans for Balanced Energy Choices spent us$40 million during the last presidential en 2011-04-15 Andrew Breitbart Righteous Indignation: Excuse Me While I Save the World Grand Central Publishing 9780446582667 Even Maher reacted; his Achilles' heel is that even though he's a leftie, he exhibits clear contempt for the astroturfed audience he relies upon for his laughs. The awkwardness continued for a full, commercial-free half hour, en 2021-08-10 Kurt Andersen Evil Geniuses: The Unmaking of America: A Recent History Random House Trade Paperbacks 9781984801357 282 The opposition party in Washington and its Astroturfed Tea Partiers around the country could focus strictly on assigning blame for the disaster . At the direction of the field marshals of the rich right in Washington , the Tea Party was Derived terms en astroturfer en astroturfing en astroturfy Adjective Of a group created by a larger organisation (especially a corporation or political party), but presenting itself as a grassroots organisation. en 2005 04 Richard Larsen You, Sir, Are an Idiot: Newspaper Columns iUniverse 9780595349074 125 Can we assure readers that astroturf letters will not appear as letters in The Star? Unfortunately, no. At least a dozen Web sites from which astroturf can be generated have been identified. Many more exist. en 2011-08-18 John S. Dryzek; Richard B. Norgaard; David Schlosberg The Oxford Handbook of Climate Change and Society OUP Oxford 9780191618574 154 The defining feature of astroturf groups is that they are generated by an industry, think tank, or front group, but disguised to appear as a spontaneous, popular 'grassroots' effort. They are created to lobby or campaign on behalf of en 2014-10-29 Hyunyi Cho; Torsten Reimer; Katherine A. McComas The SAGE Handbook of Risk Communication SAGE Publications 9781483356525 These astroturf organizations allow corporations to engage in public debates and government hearings under the guise of concerned citizens. A key purpose of astroturf activities is to defuse the efforts of social movement organizations Noun en US politics A campaign designed to appear like a genuine popular (or grassroots) movement, that does not have such popular support. en An Astroturf campaign is a fake grassroots movement: it purports to be a spontaneous uprising of concerned citizens, but in reality it is founded and funded by elite interests. Some Astroturf campaigns have no grassroots component at all. Others catalyse and direct real mobilisations. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/cifamerica/2010/oct/25/tea-party-koch-brothers The Tea Party movement: deluded and inspired by billionaires George Monbiot The Guardian October 25, 2010 September 26, 2021 en AstroTurf. See also en claque en genericized trademarks