subversion of information

[Gordon Fitch]

kelley:
> ...
> another form of a semantic attack is Emulex and other similar
> incidents:  information is circulated via the net, pumping up a stocks'
> price and, in this case, a false press release exacerbated what is only
> just a stepped up, hyper-version of what happens all the time with stocks.
>
> which is why i write:  are there preInternet precursors to Emulex?

I don't know if it's a precursor, but agents were sent forth
to carefully and deceptively enter chat rooms, newsgroups,
mailing lists and so forth in the guise of teen-age fans in
order to celebritize the hitherto little-known Christine
Aguilera, as part of a public-relations campaign to build
her up to major recording-star status.  Or so they said.