TruthOut10
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Most Americans like clean energy. So when conservatives wage campaigns against clean energy initiatives, they have typically resorted to fronting astroturf groups and paying fake protesters to generate noise.
Needing 100 anti-wind protesters by next week and apparently unable to find them, a mysterious firm advertised a quick and easy $20″ on Craigslist. According to the ad, the only thing the volunteers would need to do for their pay is stand next to or behind the speakers and elected officials/celebrities at a rally against a wind turbine project in the UK.
View the screenshot (the ad was quickly pulled down after Grist made the catch):
Astroturf Gone Wrong: Fake Protesters Offered $20 To Stand At Anti-Wind Energy Rally | ThinkProgress
Needing 100 anti-wind protesters by next week and apparently unable to find them, a mysterious firm advertised a quick and easy $20″ on Craigslist. According to the ad, the only thing the volunteers would need to do for their pay is stand next to or behind the speakers and elected officials/celebrities at a rally against a wind turbine project in the UK.
View the screenshot (the ad was quickly pulled down after Grist made the catch):
Astroturf Gone Wrong: Fake Protesters Offered $20 To Stand At Anti-Wind Energy Rally | ThinkProgress