Our "Fake Ron Paul Online campaign" press release was published.

[I LOVE HANNITY]

Congratulations FredHeads!

I submitted a fake news story about Ron Paul and his online campaign. I used one of the free news release services and it just got published. Ha Ha!

It's only in an australian newspaper but im sure the us media will pick it up soon.

What do you think of my fake name? I'm Professor De Bots. Get it .. de bots..

Here's the paper it was published in:
http://www.news.com.au/mercury/story...005940,00.html

Here's the fake Ron Paul news story I did. I can't believe an editor was stupid enough to publish it. I'm very proud of myself.

Senator in 'fake online campaign'

Ron Paul's online campaign may be fake
Receiving thousands of hits
Suspected of being an astroturfing campaign

A CANDIDATE for the US presidency is being buoyed by a huge online campaign that may be a fake a grassroots movement organised by party staff.

YouTube footage of Texan Republican Senator Ron Paul, whose candidacy has been overshadowed in the media by competitors Rudi Giuliani, Fred Thompson and John McCain, has been viewed by tens of thousands of people in the last week.

As of 11am AEST today, a compilation of different clips of Senator Paul was the top rated video of the past 24 hours.

The clip had been viewed nearly 60,000 times since it was uploaded yesterday

Click here to watch the video:



But it was not the only clip of the senator receiving kudos from YouTube users, with another 10 videos appearing in today’s list of the site’s 100 top rated recordings.

Of the 11 featured clips of Senator Paul, only one user uploaded more than one of them in the last 24 hours.

Head of Flinders University’s Department of American Studies Don De Bots told NEWS.com.au that it “sounded like” an astroturfing campaign.

Astroturfing is the term used to describe a fake grassroots campaign, in which members of an organisation create the illusion that “ordinary people” are behind the movement.

Professor De Bots said that for a relatively unknown candidate like Senator Paul to have so much prominence online was suspicious.

“I would not put any credibility on those results,” Prof De Bots said.

“I find it terrifically surprising and unlikely (that Senator Paul would attract that level of response).”

Earlier this week, the senator’s campaign team issued a press release that said: “Dr Paul's video channel has been viewed 4.5 million times by supporters who embrace his message of freedom and limited government, making him one of the most-watched presidential candidates in internet history.”

Click here to visit Senator Paul's official YouTube channel.

Those figures were based only on clips uploaded by one user, RonPaul2008dotcom, who didn’t have any clips in today’s 100 top rated list.

[Mark Levin]

nice. I'm buckling my seat belt for this.

[coopernov5]

Chertoff may be getting swapped with confusing calls from the White House night crew right now...It's for the children...and Mrs. Thompson.

Go Fred !

[Ted Kaczynski]

WOW I LOVE HANNITY! THAT'S GREAT! It's a perfect way to plant seeds of doubt about the opposition! We want FRED THOMPSON to be the next PRESIDENT!

I especially love this part right here from your press release:

"CANDIDATE for the US presidency is being buoyed by a huge online campaign that may be a fake grassroots movement organised by party staff."

Classic! Ron Paul's Campaign Chairman and Press SEC. are on laptops all day flooding the World Wide Web with Ron Paul propaganda!

Oh, and the Don De Bots is PERFECT! Kinda like spam Bots!

Excellent.

http://www.news.com.au/mercury/story...005940,00.html

[coopernov5]

Not since the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor....

http://shop.com.edgesuite.net/ccimg....ts/8384580.jpg

Go Fred !

[Woodrow Wilson]

Australians will fall for anything.

I think I attended Law school with a Don De Bots back in my day...

He used to have drunken orgies in the dorm rooms and I would have to yell; "DON! Don De Bots! Quit with all the noise! I have a test tommrow!"

Crazy days...

Great article by the way, who was it? I LOVE HANNITY that wrote this? Good job.

I'm not a big fan of Ron Paul. He wants to abolish my precious creations; The Federal Reserve and The Income Tax. As well as deviating from my policy of making the world safe for DEMOCRACY.

Bad.

Oh, he also wants to pull out of the UN. I don't think so. I created the UN template with the League of Nations, and the UN is here to stay in our globalist society.

[I LOVE HANNITY]

I'm sure FOXNEWS and the rest of our friends in the media will love hearing about Ron Paul's fake online camaign. I feel so evil.

[FredROCKS]

LOL! This is the funniest thing i've heard. I don't know much about Ron Paul, all I know is he's a retreat & defeat liberal.

SO I DEFINITELY don't want him as the next President.

It's FRED or DEAD!

FRED '08! *Security *Unity *DISparity

[orion]

Please don't congratulate yourselves as this type of behavior is unacceptable and a big embarrassment to the Fred campaign. What kind of example are we trying to set?!?! Maybe you guys should spend more time trying to find productive ways to support your candidate instead of creating fake articles about others. If anything you have exposed one hell of a powerful video of Ron Paul to millions of Australians. Give yourselves a pat on the back for THINKING... next time DONT!

[FredROCKS]

Originally Posted by orion Please don't congratulate yourselves as this type of behavior is unacceptable and a big embarrassment to the Fred campaign. What kind of example are we trying to set?!?! Maybe you guys should spend more time trying to find productive ways to support your candidate instead of creating fake articles about others. If anything you have exposed one hell of a powerful video of Ron Paul to millions of Australians. Give yourselves a pat on the back for THINKING... next time DONT!

Who the hell are you?