Looking for link: Fake US soldier editorials.

[brainshrub]

It came out about a year ago about identical letters to the editor published by papers around the country signed by different military personnel that talked about all the great things the soldiers were doing in Iraq.

I can't find it on Google. Does anyoine have a link to the facts of that story?

[babylonsister]

1. No links, but I remember the story. nt

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

2. There's a term I've seen here on DU covering this type of factory made

letters to the editor, multiple letters off the same template...

[BrotherBuzz]

11. It's called Astroturf

You know, a fake grassroot movement.

[noamnety]

3. Here's a link

http://www.gannett.com/go/newswatch/2003/october/nw1024-1.htm

[flowomo]

4. I wrote my newspaper column about that.... here's the link:

www.cumberlink.com/articles/2003/10/17/editorial/rich_lewis/lewis01.txt

[MnFats]

5. Holy S***! there's another journo here!?! I had heard there

were but haven't found them.

tough times for smaller news orgs, yes?
Perhaps I'll send a p.m. your way...

[flowomo]

7. former radio, then newspaper, now just a columnist...

mainly teaching these days, but the weekly column keeps my hand in the game, plus some part-time editing.

[Panda1]

6. Link

http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/1011-08.htm
Published on Saturday, October 11, 2003 by The Olympian (Olympia, Washington)
Many Soldiers, Same Letter
Newspapers Around US Get Identical Missives from Iraq

by Ledyard King, Gannett News Service

WASHINGTON -- Letters from hometown soldiers describing their successes rebuilding Iraq have been appearing in newspapers across the country as U.S. public opinion on the mission sours.

And all the letters are the same.

[brainshrub]

8. Thank-you everyone.

DU is better than Google sometimes. Y'all rock.

:yourock:

[jojo54]

9. What a bunch of underhanded snakes, they are....... n/t

[SoCalDem]

10. Google astroturf soldier letters

There were` articles in the mainstream press about them..:)