Concerned Citizens of B.C. won't pull down bogus photo

by Charlie Smith on Mar 10, 2013 at 5:02 pm

More than a month ago, I wrote a post revealing how an anti-NDP group has relied on a stock image to look anticorporate.

The photo of happy people appears beside the "About Us" section on the Concerned Citizens of B.C. website. 

CC4BC (Get it? Concerned Citizens and Christy Clark have the same initials) is running a million-dollar ad campaign trying to get people not to vote for the NDP under Adrian Dix.

My revelation that this shadowy group had posted a bogus picture—likely from iStock—riled readers, who went crazy in the comment section.

After I wrote the article, I stupidly assumed that the Concerned Citizens would feel somewhat sheepish and remove the image.

Wrong.

Today when I visited the group's website, it's still there.

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Cat
Mar 10, 2013 at 5:32 pm
They are also not below putting up the skewed poll screen shot from 24 hrs newspaper. I watched this poll accelerate with yes votes against Dix within a ridiculous period of time. It was clear to me, as with all of these polls concerning the Liberals, that they were in there doing their dirty work once again. Vote, clear cache, refresh and vote again. I guess CC for BC was very happy to see this poll - the ones that they can easily skew.
The CKNW polls really take the cake though, but I have noticed since I have complained, among others I am sure, that the poll will in massive favour of the Liberals until the afternoon when they go in and balance it out. It is simply absurd. It is so easy to skew the polls, it works. Thank goodness, we have real polls that are truly indicative of the public feeling. Really looking forward to the next one!!!!! Maybe Concerned Citizens for BC will want to post that one!!! On second thought.....

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Jason
Mar 10, 2013 at 6:23 pm
That's the inherent problem with astroturfing, you have to acquire lots of stock photographs for various media campaigns and when you only have money behind your organization and no people.
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Chris Clark
Mar 11, 2013 at 7:37 am
Get over it.
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colleen moore
Mar 15, 2013 at 9:39 am
Dirty tricks rule the day but not for long because people are on to what is going on. 3 terms and it is fool me once shame on me but fool me three times and its out with you.
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Dalyce
Mar 30, 2013 at 6:58 pm
Biggest laugh is the CC4BC site where if you click on the "Contact" button, nothing happens...lol. Probably couldn't take the massive negative feedback.
What's wrong backroom boys? Are people finally fed up with 12 years of broken promises and outright lies...or maybe 2 consecutive years of obscene graft and corruption inside Ms. CC's office?
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