02.13.11
How Corporations Conduct Smear Campaigns
Summary: New video titled “The [Character] Assassination of Julian Assange” and some words about the latest smear campaign’s fallout
THERE is a conversation going on about cablegate news we’ve been covering and will continue to cover later today (in daily links). It’s about coordinated attacks on people — attacks that are said to be funded and backed-by-proxy by companies that suffer from the actions of activists. Many of the links can be found in the comments thread and the following new video is appropriate for getting another point across.
Be sceptical of smear campaigns that target people who expose large and unethical companies. Be a lot less sceptical of people who expose large and unethical companies. █
twitter said,
February 13, 2011 at 10:14 pm
There’s no shortage of corporate flunkies who are eager to do the dirty work. PJ found this wonderful figure today,