Astroturf: The Anti-Gunners’ Playing Field

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Posted April 29, 2015 10:03 am by Comments

By Ammoland

Astroturf Gun Control
Astroturf Gun Control
National Rifle Association Institute For Legislative Action (NRA-ILA)

Fairfax, VA –-(Ammoland.com)- Gun owners have become all too familiar with two unfortunate facts of life in 21st-century America.

First, we know the mainstream media is not interested in reporting the facts when it comes to the Second Amendment.

Second, Everytown for Gun Safety’s Michael Bloomberg, and like-minded anti-gunners, will stop at nothing to destroy our freedoms. This alliance of ignorance and deceit employs distortion and even outright lies to pursue the ultimate goal of destroying private gun ownership.

The good news is that a few reporters are unwilling to act as the unquestioning mouthpieces of anti-freedom groups, instead striving to actually report the news instead of pushing an agenda. One good example is Sharyl Attkisson, a former reporter for CBS who resigned after being pressured to back off from stories that could cast the Obama administration in a bad light.

The goal when astroturfing is to convince decision-makers that some borderline agenda has a groundswell of support.

In her blog, Attkisson has described how “astroturfing” has become a favored tactic among political operatives to advance their objectives. The goal when astroturfing is to convince decision-makers that some borderline agenda …read more

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