I didn’t think the definition of “grassroots” included “groups funded by big business” but according to Wikipedia it does. > The ads, however, were funded not

I didn’t think the definition of “grassroots” included “groups funded by big business” but according to Wikipedia it does. > The ads, however, were funded not by local businesses, but by American Edge, a political advocacy group founded by a single corporation: Facebook. > “Facebook can’t be the messenger,” said a person familiar with the organization who spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe deliberations around its formation. “If we are out there saying it, people won’t believe it as much, so the conversation is how can you set up a proxy.” The article is worth reading. It all sounds as shady as… well, as shady as any of the big-money influence campaigns that distort and manipulate the political system.