Craiglist Ad Seeks "Writers To Post Right-Wing Comments To Social Media & News Outlets"

[Hissyspit]

(Not sure if this particular example has been posted before, or if is real or not. Click link to get to larger image.)

http://markcrispinmiller.com/2011/03/craiglist-ad-seeks-writers-to-post-right-wing-comments-to-social-media-news-outlets/

[Sanity Claws]

1. posted in Toronto

I wonder if there were any similar posts in the US

[Stinky The Clown]

2. I'm getting a completely blank page at that link.

[Kablooie]

3. Wow. We should all sign up.

[applegrove]

4. Ouch. That hits close to home cause I'm Canadian.... And I think I need to share the information

with Canada..... DONE! Don't know if it is a fake or not.

[drm604]

5. I can't actually find that ad.

http://toronto.en.craigslist.ca/tor/med

That image shows it in the section: toronto craigslist > city of toronto > jobs > art/media/design jobs

and the date is today, but it's not there. It may have been removed, or it may be fake.
:shrug:

[Hissyspit]

6. Hmm.

Thanks for checking. Too subtle to be satire??

[Laxman]

7. Is This Real?

Some choice excerpts: "Where suited, humor, sarcasm and personal insults are welcome" and "bonuses for controversial postings that heat up a topic or forum thread". You just have to balance that dreaded liberal media bias. I would love to be a fly on the wall during the interviews for this job.

[drm604]

8. I'd love to apply for the job, lol. But I can't find it on the actual site.

Plus they probably only want Canadians.

We should all keep an eye out for ads in our areas. We could post over the top stuff and sound like real morons. :rofl:

[Laxman]

9. I don't think there's anybody on DU capable of pulling this off.

I couldn't find the posting either. Shame. But I don't think anybody on DU can imitate the bizarre, crazy or truly evil crap that actual right-wingers post. Most of that stuff takes a seriously deranged mind to even think of.

[Chris_Texas]

10. I could, and easily. Here's the secret,,,,

All you need do is repeat that day's talk-radio talking points and ratchet it up a notch or three. Watch for the "scandal" of the day (Michelle was wearing yellow, Michelle urges kids to get healthy, etc) regarding democrats or liberals, and post this as further proof of Obama's hatred for America, Jesus, the Constitution, and FOX news. Reality can be safely dispensed with, facts are irrelevant. For example... The War in Libya:

HUSSEIN Obama is waging an ILLEGAL and UNCONSTITUTIONAL WAR (it was undeclared!!!) to undermine the government of Libya and replace it with Al Queda and the Muslim Brotherhood. Libya was not a threat to us, they had no WMDs because they surrendered them to Bush. (I thank GOD every day for giving him to us). We cannot allow this WIMP IN CHIEF to remain in office! He is diverting desperately needed military resources away from Iraq and Afghanistan (on purpose so we lose there too!)to wage his unconstitutional war. America and Europe are surrounded by BILLIONS of these Christian hating maniacs and Obama is siding with the ENEMY (no surprise there because we KNOW for a FACT that he is friends with known terrorists)! HUSSEIN OBAMA-MAO is the first nobel prize winner in history to be a WAR CRIMINAL! We need a strong and beautiful Christian woman (you know liberals are terrified of all three things) to lead us away from the abyss... I just pray every day that God will allow America to make it that long.

Extra points every time you include Gays, Nazis, George Soros, Saul Alinski, Piven, and Marx.

[drm604]

11. The point isn't to sound like them.

The point is to sound even worse than them. To make them look even more insane than they are.

[intaglio]

12. Paid posters exist though they are usually contacted directly.

They are hired by PR companies to comment on blogs and message boards in support of a industries and other interests who hire that PR firm. These companies don't want you to upset people too much (which will earn a ban) but to put the other case out there. They also want to be generally accepted by the online communities they are in, so often people with this job will post a lot of small "Yeh!" "OK," or "LOL!" comments to get the post numbers up (for DU that would be the magic 1000 posts). They'll then settle back into weekly or monthly visits.

Then a big event comes along, say a nuclear accident. Nuclear industries will pay good money to have calming voices and outright falsehoods put out there to get their view across. The industry will already have a number of professional bloggers and journalists on their side (in the current situation Lewis Page on "The Register" springs to mind) but they want others to spread the "good word" and post support for the industry view in blog comments.