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Astroturf and manipulation of media messages | Sharyl Attkisson | TEDxUniversityofNevada

TEDx Talks · talk · Watch on YouTube

Media, journalism & propagandaFree speech, censorship & civil liberties

What it is

Investigative journalist Sharyl Attkisson explains how astroturf, fake grassroots campaigns funded by corporate or political interests, manipulates media messages. The TEDx talk is about 11 minutes.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN commenters recommend it as an introduction to shills, astroturfing and lobbyist influence on media, especially in threads about fake news and online forums.

  • 3 people recommended it
  • 3 different months
  • 2 strong recommendations
  • first 2016, last 2018

What HN commenters said

  1. “Required Viewing”

    Required viewing on media manipulation by lobbyists

    sean_patel, 2017-01 · Strong recommendation · in “Iceland knows how to stop teen substance abuse”

  2. “There is an excellent TED talk [0] on the subject.”

    Talk on shills and astroturfing

    mrschwabe, 2016-12 · Recommendation · in “Ask HN: Great online forums?”

  3. “She also gave another amazing talk on corporate astroturfing and media manipulation [2]”

    Another amazing talk by Attkisson on corporate astroturfing

    Jerry2, 2018-07 · Recommendation · in “Jonathan Albright, a Digital Sleuth Exposing Fake News”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: astroturf, media bias, lobbying, journalism, tedx

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