MSNBC Goes Into Astroturf Mode
Organizes Grassroots Effort of Free Clinics as Gesture to 'Shame' Senators
Remember back just a few short months ago - when thousands, if not millions, of Americans were protesting out-of-control government spending and other policies favored by President Barack Obama's administration?
Surprised by the resounding turnout, the usual lefty talking heads on MSNBC, specifically on "Countdown with Keith Olbermann" and "The Rachel Maddow Show," explained the protests away as being fake grassroots aka AstroTurf.
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I don't think it's right for Olbermann and Maddow to organize political protests on-air while claiming to be journalists. We need journalists to be watchdogs, not activists. I was similarly bothered when Fox News incited people to join tea parties and town hall meetings to voice their opposition to health care reform.