Paying for the Good Stuff
September 12th, 2006 | by Omnipotent Poobah |Apparently unable to find enough of the “good news” the administration is always bashing the media for not reporting, they’ve hired 10 Miami-based journalists to turn out stories for administration propaganda organs Radio and TV Marti. The administration - apparently not stung badly enough in a similar previous deal with commentator Armstrong Williams - never seems to learn.
After Williams accepted money from a PR firm hired by the Education Department, federal auditors said the Bush administration had violated the law by disseminating “covert propaganda.” The administration was stung again a few months later, when the Pentagon paid millions to another PR firm to plant propaganda in the Iraqi news media and pay Iraqi journalists monthly stipends.
My, my, my, it’s good to see the administration continues to set such a sterling example of democracy for Iraq to emulate.
Cross Posted at The Omnipotent Poobah Speaks!
