17 July 2006

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PR bloggers urged to fight against astroturfing Astroturfing is evil. Astroturfing is always unethical and usually illegal. It corrodes democracy which relies on transparency. It is usually undertaken by people who are afraid, or lack the skills, to engage in open and honest public debates. Sometimes it is excused because the other side (NGOs and activists) are unreasonable or claim to represent more people than they really do. That excuse doesn't cut it. Astroturfing is a blight on the PR profession. Although it is officially against everyone's code of ethics, peak bodies like the PRIA too often seem to turn a blind eye. It was also disturbing...
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Astroturfing down under Follow this link for a blow by blow account of one of Australia’s most celebrated cases of astroturfing. REPORTER: Fourteen months of digging and fierce legal battles in the courts finally pointed Seph Glew to the door of Australian shopping centre giants Westfield. Unhappily for its chairman Frank Lowy, in the very same month that he won Australia's highest honour, the Companion of the Order of Australia, for his services to the property industry and retailing, he was forced to publicly apologise for a series of clandestine campaigns against corporate rivals. WESTFIELD STATEMENT: "We have been guilty of a lack...

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