are paid to post in political blogs?
2007-02-22 02:59:10 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
small %
2007-02-22 03:01:27 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is difficult to say but could be done very easily with bots and word editing software that would build up a 'following' or a majority of responses favorable to the blog in order to sway public opinions. My rule of thumb is to disbelieve anything I see on a blog until I have verified the info by other means and to carefully weight everything I know against what the unstated interests of the bloggers might be.
2007-02-22 11:07:48 · answer #2 · answered by Nightstalker1967 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know about an actual %, but as a marketing tool politicans, corporations etc.. do occasionally post things supposedly "from an unbiased source" that push products or ideas. Some that start rumors etc.. to stop other products or politicans.
2007-02-22 11:08:08 · answer #3 · answered by Chrissy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Apparently not enough, because the last I checked, I'm missing a check!
2007-02-22 11:09:29 · answer #4 · answered by mixedup 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is a conspiracy theory that certain political think-tanks do this.
2007-02-22 11:01:51 · answer #5 · answered by mamasquirrel 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋