The Billionaires' Tea Party

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Status

Released

Production

Larkin Lane Films

Aired

2011-02-04

The Billionaires' Tea Party

After Barack Obama swept to power promising a new era of hope and change, the emergence of a citizens protest movement called the Tea Party threatened to derail his agenda. Was this uprising the epitome of grassroots democracy? Or was it an example of "astroturfing" - the creation of fake grassroots groups, designed to put corporate messages in the mouths of seemingly independent citizens?