Talk:Dianne Feinstein

Siberio - I removed the reference to the Quincy Library Group being an astroturf group because I don't see any evidence that they were/are. I can't claim to have read a lot about the group but from a quick scan group was formed by people from both the logging industry and local environmental groups. Certinly they came up with a plan that focussed on mitigating logging and was far more conservative than that proposed by other environmental groups, but that doesn't make them an astroturf group. So while I could agree it could be an example of a group being co-opted or a divide and conquer strategy, I'm not persuaded it's an example of corporate astroturfing. Be interested in your take. --Bob Burton 23:47, 17 Jul 2005 (EDT)

Probably true then. It was mostly co-opted, which I guess means its not a traditional astroturf group. Maybe theres a need for another term (like you mentioned a divide and conquer type strategy) to describe things that have been taken over by the very elements they were meant to mitigate (like the American Diabetes Association toning down its rhetoric on sugar due to heavy donations from Coke etc). SiberioS 02:34, 20 Jul 2005 (EDT)