The NYTimes follows up on This One. They say newspapers and political organizations are engaged in technological one-upmanship over \”AstroTurf\” — letters to the editor that look like authentic grass-roots responses from readers but are not.
It turns out that one was from gopteamleader.com. Here\’s The Full Story.
\”They had no idea that they were bending any sort of rules whatsoever or that they were trying to put one over on us,\” Ms. Clotfelter said. \”I e-mailed back and forth with one woman who was distressed that we wouldn\’t print her letter because it was really how she felt.\”
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