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Summary: EPO promotion disguised as reporting or journalism, as seen in the media partners of the EPO well before these partnerships even begin

THE EPO's technical department seems to be infatuated with Microsoft and it's not going to do the EPO any favours. Has the brain drain taken its toll? Maybe that's why there's so much outside help for media, security, investigation etc. Neoliberalism and privatisation using secret contracts.

Meanwhile, looking at the daily nonsense from the EPO over at Twitter, the PR people are ever more desperate to create a distraction from the EPO's horrible track record. They ask: "Which of this year's finalists deserves the Popular Prize?"

"Has the brain drain taken its toll?""You have until tomorrow to decide," they say, but don't forget the tactics (like multiple vote castings per person and spammy promotion [1, 2]) employed by them over the past month.

Earlier today the EPO promoted this link to a new puff piece from the French media about this event. The EPO's "media partner", Les Echos (which censored itself for Battistelli and his goons), already does puff pieces, even before the propagandistic event took place. What's next? How much does this whole charade cost? It's a secret as usual; that's the Battistelli tradition. ⬆