"A senior editor of The New Republic was suspended and his blog was shut down on Friday after revelations that he was involved in anonymously attacking readers as "bloggofascists" who criticized his posts.

"Lee Siegel, creator of the Lee Siegel on Culture blog for tnr.com, was suspended indefinitely from the magazine after a reader accused him of using a "sock puppet," or Internet alias, to attack his critics in the comment section of the blog...."

NYTimes, 9-5-06. Click on the link below for the full article

9-20 Thomas Kean, Jr. NJ Republican candidate for U.S. Senate accused of sock puppet attack against Dem opponent U.S. Senator Robert Menendez. Kean workers posted negative comments on liberal website..[Article linked below.]