Online Public Relations Thoughts

Extremists are adept at using the tools of propaganda and communications to sway voters.  Consider this case.  A group of far right citizens have taken over a county in California.  They pummeled their conservative opponent with message after message, spewing rage at meetings, making videos, spending money with abandon.  They've almost certainly won a recall.  The author of the article wonders if extremists can have their way at a county level, why not at a state level as well.  They need to enlarge their megaphones and organize at the grass roots but it is possible.  The tools of communications are neutral.  They can be used by anyone for any purpose and are.  On a larger scale, Beijing is using the Winter Olympics to broadcast its propaganda and it will be successful, at least at home.  The rest of the world can condemn the communists for human rights violations, but China is creating a fictional scenario that its people accept.