The Guardian article explicitly names meat industry players as funders and organizers, which directly contradicts the claim that there's no coordination. The key distinction is that funded disinformation doesn’t inherently mean it’s astroturfing—unless the funding and organization are clearly tied to a coordinated effort, which the article does show.

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The Guardian article doesn’t show coordinated astroturfing—it shows funded disinformation, which is different. Astroturfing implies a centralized, coordinated campaign, and the piece doesn’t provide evidence of that level of organization.