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FACES of Coal are iStockPhotos
Thursday, August 27th, 2009
The Farce Continues (via AppVoices)
We’ve touched on the fact that the new coal industry front group “FACES” has yet to come forward with a list of their members. Well, thanks to a few new media> gumshoes, including our own Jamie Goodman and our friends at DeSmogBlog, we’ve learned that not only is FACES hosted by a K-Street firm called Adfero, but all of the “FACES” of coal are actually just istockphotos. They couldn’t even get real photos of their supporters.
Exhibit A
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Exhibit B
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Exhibit C
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Hmmm, I think I’ve seen these faces before. (Thanks Jed!)
Update I: Our crack team discovered a few more stockphotos overnight. They are posted at AppVoices.
Update II: It seems the “Adfero” link which was working last night, has been hidden and made private. Hopefully someone got a screenshot before it was closed.
August 27th, 2009 at 10:05 pm
Hey guys
You all made it onto Maddows. It was tucked away into like the 9:27 story, but great job Rachel Maddows. It appears she used this page as one of her main sources. May I suggest a “Thanl You Rachel Maddows” letter writing campaign?
Billy Astrove
West Virginia Wesleyan ’10
SEAC
valjean789@yahoo.com
301 915 846
September 2nd, 2009 at 11:35 am
One of the folks in the stock “adult students” photo closely resembles a friend of mine. I’ve emailed her about it. I don’t think she’ll be happy to find out she’s associated with the FACES website.
September 8th, 2009 at 9:42 am
If you bother to watch the interviews on the site you will indeed see real local people.