Al Gore's Penguin Army is a video posted on YouTube on May 24, 2006, spoofing Al Gore and his movie An Inconvenient Truth. The video appears to be a product of astroturfing. Despite all appearances of being an amateur production, the Wall Street Journal discovered that the author of the video was using "a computer registered to DCI Group", a public relations and lobbying firm led exclusively by Republican party officials. At the time the video wa...
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Al Gore's Penguin Army is a video posted on YouTube on May 24, 2006, spoofing Al Gore and his movie An Inconvenient Truth. The video appears to be a product of astroturfing. Despite all appearances of being an amateur production, the Wall Street Journal discovered that the author of the video was using "a computer registered to DCI Group", a public relations and lobbying firm led exclusively by Republican party officials. At the time the video was made, DCI's clients included General Motors and ExxonMobil. DCI has refused to comment on its involvement with the video.
An umbrella-wielding penguin with the face of Al Gore is shown leading a group of smaller penguins into an ice cave/lecture hall. Al Gore gives a slide show presentation entitled "Overview of Global Warming". The penguins watching become bored and fall asleep. At the end of the presentation, Al Gore opens and twirls his umbrella, which has a spiral pattern. The twirling of the umbrella hypnotizes the penguins.
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