StudentsFirst: Astroturfing Movie Reviewers
When Leonie Haimson sent this tweet, at first I thought she was joking:
Sure enough, SF is now using Eli Broad and David Tepper's money to pay their staff to write glowing reviews and put them on the Rotten Tomatoes website:
StudentsFirst is, of course, Michelle Rhee's corporate reform shop, famous for their astroturfing. "#wbd" is Won't Back Down, a piece of anti-union propaganda disguised as a movie; it's getting trashed by the critics.Students first sending staff to write reviews to try to save stinker film
#wbd on rotten tomatoeshttp://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/wont_back_down_2012/reviews/#type=user …
Sure enough, SF is now using Eli Broad and David Tepper's money to pay their staff to write glowing reviews and put them on the Rotten Tomatoes website:
