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Astroturfing at the Supermarché - The Art of the Prank
Supercherie au Supermarché schott.blogs.nytimes.com August 24, 2009 "Hoax at the supermarket" – A French newspaper headline describing an "astroturfed" photo opportunity involving two government ministers. The Times"™s Steven Erlanger reported recently on a photo opportunity gone awry for France"™s education minister, Luc Chatel, and commerce secretary, Hervé Novelli: Journalists accompanying Mr. Chatel and Hervé Novelli,