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Behind The ‘Attactivism’ Facebook Curtain

When Barry Goldwater became the target of the infamous 1964 ‘Daisy’ Commercial, it brought ‘Dirty Tricks’ as ‘Political Attack’ media into the forefront.  It’s since become a tactical staple for anyone using the Presidential campaign playbook, to pluck out a ‘Daisy’. In the era of social networks, Facebook has now become the perfect ‘Daisy’ for [...]

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Unions Behind ‘Attactivism’ Website TheTeaPartyIsOver.org

Attactivism (noun) : Movements that run attack ads or run campaigns disguised as activism.  Case in point: theteapartyisover.org. Organized labor may be putting their dollars behind an online effort to take down Tea Party groups and their “radical ideas.” A new Web site, TheTeaPartyIsOver.org, has connections to unions, including the Service Employees International Union and the American [...]

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