Astro Turf Wars (2010)

In Summer 2009 something stirred in America After Barack Obama and a Democratic congress swept to power promising a new era of hope and change out of nowhere a citizens protest movement emerged that threatened to derail their agenda Was this uprising the epitome of grassroots democracy Or was it as some said an example of astroturfing That is the creation of fake grassroots ie Astroturf get it groups designed to put corporate messages in the mouths of seemingly independent citizens