Sentences with phrase «fake grassroots groups»
More astroturf «parent» groups: Wal * Mart funds fake grassroots groups like Stand for Children (millions) and Parent Revolution ($ 6.3 million) to push the parent trigger and other corporate privatization schemes.
http://parentsacrossamerica.org/ Not exact matches
Under PM's Vice President of Corporate Affairs Ellen Merlo, the department was responsible for the formation of the smokers rights front group the National Smokers Alliance, a fake «grassroots» group set up to protest public smoking laws, cigarette tax increases and other public health measures.
But it might also be a stretch to call it a «fake grassroots» i.e. «astroturf» group.
The consulting group, DDC Consulting, has carved out a niche for itself at conjuring up «astroturf» — or faked grassroots efforts.
The billionaire Koch brothers have long claimed that they have no direct connection to the Tea Party, denying that their vast oil wealth is directly funding corporate front groups like Americans For Prosperity, the key organizers of the fake grassroots Tea Party movement.