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Title: Canadian Government Pays Organization To Troll Political Chat Forums
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URL Source: http://www.infowars.com/canadian-go ... o-troll-political-chat-forums/
Published: May 24, 2010
Author: Paul Joseph Watson
Post Date: 2010-05-24 09:08:06 by Flintlock
Keywords: Weasel, Shroona, Snitch, RAT Stooges
Views: 308
Comments: 24
The next time you struggle to comprehend how someone could spend their time trolling the Internet in order to defend and downplay whatever government cover-up or abuse is in the news this week, consider the fact that they may be on a government payroll. The Canadian government has been caught paying a media group to monitor online political discussion and respond to “misinformation,” in order words to spread state-sanctioned propaganda, in the latest scandal to hit the Harper administration. “Under the pilot program the Harper government paid a media company $75,000 to monitor and respond to online postings about the east coast seal hunt,” reports News1130. “The government has a lot of power, that it feels the need to monitor public bulletin boards, or places where people express views and then to respond to that, seems to me going beyond a reasonable action the government should be taking,” said UBC Computer Science professor and President of the BC Freedom of Information and Privacy Association, Richard Rosenberg. A poll carried on the News1130 website shows that the majority of respondents, 77 per cent, are not intimidated by the fact that the government is monitoring their online conversations, and would not regulate the information they post on the Internet. Accusations that people who defend the seemingly indefensible in the aftermath of government atrocities, wars and scandals are in the pay of unscrupulous authorities, circulate on a regular basis. But the fact is that governments and transnational corporations have made a habit of using the Internet to spread propaganda by using individuals who pose as neutral observers. The innovator of these “black propaganda” techniques was undoubtedly Monsanto, who as far back the late 90’s were creating “fake citizens” via their PR front company Bivings to post messages on Internet bulletin boards lauding the virtues and scoffing at the dangers of genetically modified food. In the 21st century, governments try to harness the power of manufacturing fake consensus in order to dictate reality and justify their actions. Last year, the Israeli government announced that it would be setting up a network of bloggers to combat websites deemed “problematic” by the Zionist state following a massive online backlash to Israel’s brutal bombing of Gaza. Israel’s goal was to flood Internet message boards in English, French, Spanish and German with their own PR agents who would attempt to manufacture a contrived consensus that the IDF’s actions were justified. Like Israel, the U.S. military industrial complex hires armies of trolls to spew propaganda in defense of the war on terror and in support of bombing whatever broken-backed third world country is being targeted next. CENTCOM has programs underway to infiltrate blogs and message boards to ensure people, “have the opportunity to read positive stories,”presumably about how Iraq is a wonderful liberated democracy and the war on terror really is about protecting Americans from Al-CIAda. In May 2008, it was revealed that the Pentagon was expanding “Information Operations” on the Internet with purposefully set up foreign news websites, designed to look like independent media sources but in reality carrying direct military propaganda. More recently the New York Times published an exposé on how privately hired operatives were appearing on major US news networks promoting the interests and operations of the Pentagon and generating favorable news coverage of the so-called war on terror while posing as independent military analysts. This operation was formally announced In 2006 when the Pentagon set up a unit to “better promote its message across 24-hour rolling news outlets, and particularly on the internet”. Again, the Pentagon said the move would boost its ability to counter “inaccurate” news stories and exploit new media. Last year, the US Air Force announced a “counter-blog” response plan aimed at fielding and reacting to material from bloggers who have “negative opinions about the US government and the Air Force.” The plan, created by the public affairs arm of the Air Force, includes a detailed twelve-point “counter blogging” flow-chart that dictates how officers should tackle what are described as “trolls,” “ragers,” and “misguided” online writers.
Poster Comment: Expect more paid shills to appear and spin the government spin and take names.
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#6. To: Flintlock (#0)
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And my first and foremost thought was that if they're doing that in Canada you know it's been going on here in the States for a while now, contrary to the lies that may insist that it isn't. Of course it is and it has been since, I am sure, before I began posting on Forums back in 2001 - pre 911. I noticed it within weeks posting on various Indymedia sites as there were certain posters who would stick to the exact same lines regardless of how many times they were convincingly and factually refuted. The Israelis, all smoke to the contrary, were already on forums in force in 2001 when I began posting. You could see it in the pro-war arguments, the lies, the deceit, and the repetition of various propaganda lines in support of first invading Pipelinestan and later Eye-rack. They were transparent and obvious to anyone who understood basic logic and had a command of some of the key basic facts which they were distorting. Their presence was made apparent because if you offered any criticism of Israeli War Crimes or mass murder however mild you could expect to be attacked within minutes if not seconds. It has continued to present time and with more and more agencies, public and private, getting into the spin and disinformation game. We even have some of them on this forum masquerading as "real people", they just have to be a little more subtle here as the obvious lies don't work - so they push hate etc., and try to poison the debate. There are a few dead giveaways that are 'bot signatures. For one, no matter how well documented, will they will never ever admit that there are any inconsistencies or lies in the government/USrael propaganda. You can ask wudidiz about that one - I pointed it out for him back on El Pee before I got banned for exposing Goldi-Pox as the bought and paid for Israwhore that she is. That is one of the later tactics developed by some Psych think-tank, probably CIA/Mossad, where certain key Forums have been "bought". The ones that come to mind that are likely in that category are "Free Republic", Liberty Post, Democratic Underground, Huffington Post, and Daily Kos. There are no doubt others. The giveaway on El Pee was when Goldi-Pox, who chronically complained of money problems and was out of work for an extended period, stopped remembering to hold "pledge drives" to support the forum bandwidth - while it was growing rapidly. However, there are "tools" which make spotting the various shills, PR Agency Hacks, paid 'bots, and Israel First Hasbara rather easy. It is called LOGIC and I mean in the formal sense of understanding the basics of sound argumentation and the most common logical fallacies. It is beyond me to teach a logic course in a short post but some references everyone who cares about the truth should be aware of and at least skim, if not taking the time to actually study them, would be: And an invaluable reference: The most commonly used fallacies on forums: Argumentum Ad Hominem: Argumentum Ad Hominem Strawman Argument Strawman Argument Red Herring Red Herring Guilt by Association: Guilt by Association Loaded Words: Loaded Words Weak Analogy: False Analogy Bandwagon Fallacy: The Bandwagon Fallacy
Why do you hate America? :)
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