Amazing read in the Guardian. I’m seeing the groundswell of “astroturf’d” comments flood NPR.org and the New York Times.

The anonymity of the web gives companies and governments golden opportunities to run astroturf operations: fake grassroots campaigns that create the impression that large numbers of people are demanding or opposing particular policies. This deception is most likely to occur where the interests of companies or governments come into conflict with the interests of the public.