[yvonne]

I'm not clear why Chip Brown reporting what UT officials tell him about their scheduling plans makes him a "sock puppet." If a Bay Area reporter writes a story quoting Bob Bowlsby about who Stanford wants to schedule, does that make him or her a sock puppet, too?

Please define sock puppet. I googled it, and it seems to be a false identity, but that doesn't seem to be how it's being used here.

Thanks

[yvonne]

I'm not clear why Chip Brown reporting what UT officials tell him about their scheduling plans makes him a "sock puppet." If a Bay Area reporter writes a story quoting Bob Bowlsby about who Stanford wants to schedule, does that make him or her a sock puppet, too?

Please define sock puppet. I googled it, and it seems to be a false identity, but that doesn't seem to be how it's being used here.

Thanks