John McCain Paying Supporters To Spam?

Courtesy Donklephant  Thu, 08/07/2008 - 11:19am

This should piss off anybody who runs a blog, be they left, right or center. Because while “astroturfing” is a pretty common practice in comments sections, giving people incentives to spam is not only dishonest, it smacks of desperation.

From Washington Post :

Spread John McCain’s official talking points around the Web — and you could win valuable prizes!

That, in essence, is the McCain campaign’s pitch to supporters to join its new online effort, one that...



 

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