astroturfing (ˈæstrəʊˌtɜːfɪŋ) — n a PR tactic used in politics and advertising in which actors are paid to display overt and apparently spontaneous grassroots

astroturfing (ˈæstrəʊˌtɜːfɪŋ) — n a PR tactic used in politics and advertising in which actors are paid to display overt and apparently spontaneous grassroots support for a particular product, policy, or event