Brutus is an honourable man « International Journal of Inactivism

Brutus is an honourable man

Posted in ICF International, astroturf by frankbi on 2008-11-19

cite as: F. Bi. 2008. ~~The Way of the Astroturf III.~~ Brutus is an honourable man. Intl. J. Inact., 1:174

ICF’s communications professionals are experts in public relations, advertising, partnership development, and grassroots marketing.

Now I’d like to know who their clients are.

ICF also runs a web site nccic.org which seems to be trying to pass itself off as the US National Child Care Information Center web site. Holy cow, is this sort of thing even legal at all?

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greenfyre said, on 2008-11-19 at 23:07

wtf??

I’d fire off an email to the real nccic with the url and simply ask them … that might create some interest, or at least get an answer.
greenfyre said, on 2008-11-19 at 23:09

“And public reasons shall be rendered”
frankbi said, on 2008-11-20 at 03:56

I’d fire off an email to the real nccic with the url and simply ask them …

Thanks for the suggestion! I’ve done that… I can’t wait to hear their reply. :)

“And public reasons shall be rendered”

Aww shucks, I think I forgot to bring Caesar’s will.
greenfyre said, on 2008-11-20 at 04:18

I figured that of course, but the quote wouldn’t stand alone :-)
frankbi said, on 2008-12-08 at 08:48

Got a reply from Violeta Mora which among other things says,

NCCIC is a contract run by ICF Consulting for the Child Care Bureau. The nccic.org URL is our old URL and has not been completely phased out.

Still doesn’t really explain why they didn’t simply turn nccic.org into a huge redirect, but there we go…
Kevin McKinney said, on 2009-01-23 at 16:45

I guess willful deception isn’t technically fraud unless there is an attempt to take money somehow.

This is, however, breathtaking.
frankbi said, on 2009-05-23 at 03:59

(Eponymous: no trolling.)