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Archae

(46,327 posts)
Wed Feb 5, 2014, 01:53 PM Feb 2014

Remember Scott Brown? He's making lots of $$$ selling woo.

And that's in addition to his running for the Senate in New Hampshire.

Scott Brown Is The Newest Right-Wing Media Huckster

Fox News contributor Scott Brown is renting out his email list to an outlet that touts shady products like Alzheimer's disease cures and Social Security tricks.

Brown joins several of his Republican colleagues in attempting to cash in on their followers through dubious or shady practices. Mike Huckabee, Herman Cain, and Newt Gingrich have all been renting out their email lists to suspect sources. As Salon's Alex Pareene noted, "the conservative movement is an elaborate moneymaking venture. For professional movement conservatives, their audiences and followers are easy marks."

Brown sent an email this morning with the subject line "5 Signs You'll Get Alzheimer's Disease" to his ScottBrown.com email list. Brown wrote in the email: "Dear Patriot, I thought you might be interested in the offer below from our sponsor Newsmax Health. Thank you, Senator Scott Brown."

http://mediamatters.org/blog/2014/02/05/scott-brown-is-the-newest-right-wing-media-huck/197935

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Remember Scott Brown? He's making lots of $$$ selling woo. (Original Post) Archae Feb 2014 OP
A lot of banner advertising on sites like DU is "woo" as well. Not trying to defend Erose999 Feb 2014 #1
It definitely knows no political boundaries. trotsky Feb 2014 #2
I know. I just today saw an ad here from Andrew Weil. Archae Feb 2014 #3
Another "woo" fear thread? polichick Feb 2014 #7
Woo Punchers, Inc. (R) has scheduled weekly woo fear threads Berlum Feb 2014 #9
I'm fairly sure DU probably outsources their ads to another company Kurska Feb 2014 #6
Scott Brown is always whoring around. TheCowsCameHome Feb 2014 #4
His party's entire platform is woo... Orsino Feb 2014 #5
Scott Brown Begs David Koch For Money yortsed snacilbuper Feb 2014 #8

Erose999

(5,624 posts)
1. A lot of banner advertising on sites like DU is "woo" as well. Not trying to defend
Wed Feb 5, 2014, 02:04 PM
Feb 2014

Scotty Brownstreaks. Just saying, we have our own problems to address with "woo".

Archae

(46,327 posts)
3. I know. I just today saw an ad here from Andrew Weil.
Wed Feb 5, 2014, 02:08 PM
Feb 2014

The biggest difference is that Weil and other woo peddlers don't address us as "Dear Patriot," and the message isn't endorsed by DU, like Scott Brown is endorsing these phony Alzheimer's "cures."

Berlum

(7,044 posts)
9. Woo Punchers, Inc. (R) has scheduled weekly woo fear threads
Wed Feb 5, 2014, 03:59 PM
Feb 2014

Tune in again next week for more machine-like woo punching.

Meanwhile, the Seattle Seahawks practice WOO before playing astonishing brilliant Super Bowl game and smirking & laughing heartily at Poo-Pushing Woo Punchers, a mutant subdivision of the Republicon War on WomYin.





Kurska

(5,739 posts)
6. I'm fairly sure DU probably outsources their ads to another company
Wed Feb 5, 2014, 03:30 PM
Feb 2014

They don't have control over what appears in the ads generally.

TheCowsCameHome

(40,168 posts)
4. Scott Brown is always whoring around.
Wed Feb 5, 2014, 02:54 PM
Feb 2014

If not himself and how wonderful he is, it's snake oil crapola like this.

He's sleazebucket from the word Go.

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