Wednesday, 14 March 2012

Leadnow "CBC Cuts" RoboSpam Campaign Run From US Union Web Site



Astroturfing is a form of advocacy in support of a political, organizational, or corporate agenda, designed to give the appearance of a "grassroots" movement.

Leadnow is RoboSpamming MP's to prevent CBC cuts. In affiliation with Openmedia they run ReimagineCBC.ca. Both claim to be "grassroots" organizations. One of their form letter talking points is; "I oppose severe cuts to the CBC. We need good public media to keep Canada connected."

Evidently keeping Canada "connected" means using a US Union's web site to run their Spam Campaign.



By clicking on the link "* Having trouble with this form? Click here." at the ReimagineCBC web site you're directed to this URL:http://action.cwa-union.org/c/779/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=3907.


"CWA-Union.org" is the Communications Workers Of America web site, you can read their Obama endorsement here. Imagine that, Leadnow & Openmedia are cutting Canadian IT workers out of RoboSpam jobs by outsourcing to the US!




Tsk tsk..Leadnow & Openmedia the "Brains" behind ReimagineCBC, are lying about being grassroots organizations.

They are in fact is just BIG Union Tools.




Below is a letter from the CBC congratulating Leadnow & Openmedia on their "Grassroot" efforts to save the CBC via the ReimagineCBC campaign.

Leadnow & Openmeadia are not a "grassroots" organization. In fact they are allied with big labour, specifically the CWA - The Communications Workers Of America to such an extent they use the Unions IT infrastructure to run their RoboSpam campaign.


The CWA via the Canadian Media Guild represents unionized CBC employees - see jpg.

Strange bedfellows wouldn't you say? I mean management, being the CBC, and ReimagineCBC, the Leadnow/Openmedia/ CWA union front working toward a shared goal...the continued extortion of your tax dollars. Oh, I guess that isn't so strange after all.

What's wrong with this picture?

It's called Astroturfing.


CBC Congratualtes Leadnow & Openmedia -


Hmmm, Commenter WallyJ smells a rat:

A quick recap.Leftie leadnow starts the bogus complaint petition.

The cbc links to this petition,increasing leadnow's members and donations

The opposition uses the petition to enrage Canadians against the Conservatives.

cbc uses this outrage to demonize the Conservatives.

Leadnow starts a letter writing campaign to criticize the cuts to the cbc by the Conservatives.

Tinfoil time or does this smell like a conspiracy?

*Big thanks Ann & WallyJ and everyone who contributed to this post!


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