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So far these protests are a media creation

That is categorically false. This protest is about as organic as they come.

"Adbusters Media Foundation is a not-for-profit, anti-consumerist, pro-environment organization"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adbusters

They concocted the idea, started it, Anonymous did some promotion, and it caught on with people



So it was astroturfed/seeded by a media organization.


Adbusters is an advocacy organization. Do you count PETA as a media organization?


My survey of the Adbusters wikipedia article suggests that it is a media organization dedicated to activism for particular political aims.


After skimming through the wikipedia article on Adbusters I have to say I find them interesting. But I would classify them as a media organization. Regardless of their intentions, they do things that we consider operations of a media organization if it were another company or group.

I also consider PETA as a media organization as they are all about propaganda for their agenda, which is apparently killing animals to save them from us.




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