Wait are you saying a Media Mogul like Roger Ailes used had a bunch of anonymous blogs and websites to push bullsh*t agendas? Why I bet the Soros and Mercers would never do a thing *wink wink* – PB/TK
Roger Ailes’ fake news empire: Former Fox News head presided over a panoply of phony “sock puppet” blogs – MATTHEW SHEFFIELD April 18 2017
Since a series of sexual harassment accusations led to the ouster of Roger Ailes as chairman and CEO of Fox News Channel last summer, the managerial culture he created at the network has come under increased scrutiny. Ailes’ old-fashioned, male-dominated style has been characterized by many former employees as sexist, but another aspect of it has received little attention: the many ways that Fox News was run more like a political operation than a journalistic enterprise
During the Ailes era, the network’s ferocity in defending itself against inconvenient facts and journalists it deemed unfair became legendary among the small group of people who cover the media business. Under its former head, the network employed a team of “black room” operators who allegedly obtained phone records and credit reports of reporters disliked by Ailes. According to news reports, private investigators working for the company were dispatched to follow journalists, apparently to find out whom they were meeting. According to sources, sometimes Fox News corporate funds were used for such endeavors; other times, Ailes paid for them himself.
That ultra-aggressive approach to promotion during the Ailes era also extended to the online world, where Fox News employees and contractors were dispatched to do battle against not just mainstream media reporters but also against small-time bloggers and even website commenters. Fox News even went so far as to create at least two anonymous websites that attacked the competition.
Continue to salon.com article: http://www.salon.com/2017/04/18/roger-ailes-fake-news-blogs-sockpuppet/
