cyberenviro.org » bloomberg http://cyberenviro.org the political ecology of informational development Fri, 20 Jan 2012 19:35:13 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 astroturfing in action http://cyberenviro.org/2008/draftbloombergcoms-campaign-casting/ http://cyberenviro.org/2008/draftbloombergcoms-campaign-casting/#comments Tue, 29 Jan 2008 19:05:21 +0000 gtdonovan http://gregorydonovan.org/cyberenvironmentalism/?p=90 Continue reading →]]> Here is a clear case of astroturfing… I noticed the following ad on HuffingtonPost yesterday (01.28.08) promoting “draftbloomberg.com.” Draftbloomberg.com (formerly Unity08.com) has been setup to encourage people to petition Michael Bloomberg to run for president as an Independent. The ad states 5,237 signatures…

Bloomberg Signatures (ad)

Meanwhile the web site only lists 3,719 signatures. Bloomberg’s broadcasting of support appears to be a little ahead of reality…

Bloomberg Signatures (actual)

]]> http://cyberenviro.org/2008/draftbloombergcoms-campaign-casting/feed/ 0 Bloomberg on technology http://cyberenviro.org/2008/bloomberg-on-technology-2/ http://cyberenviro.org/2008/bloomberg-on-technology-2/#comments Thu, 03 Jan 2008 23:59:15 +0000 gtdonovan http://gregorydonovan.org/cyberenvironmentalism/?p=87 Continue reading →]]> From the Wired interview with Michael Bloomberg:

Wired: Kids sit on the steps of the Brooklyn library trying to get Wi-Fi. Why can’t we solve the problem that roughly half the people in this city don’t have broadband?

Bloomberg: We will. That’s what capitalism is all about. As there’s demand, the private sector will come and fill it in. I don’t believe that government is good at picking technology, particularly technology that is changing. By the time you get it done and go through democracy, it’s so outdated.

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