US government faked Bush news reports

[RBHam]

Chris Tryhorn
Tuesday March 16, 2004

TV news reports in America that showed President George Bush getting a standing ovation from potential voters have been exposed as fake, it has emerged.
The US government admitted it paid actors to pose as journalists in video news releases sent to TV stations intending to convey support for new laws about health benefits.

Investigators are examining the film segments, in which actors pretending to be journalists praise the benefits of the new law passed last year by President Bush, to see if they could be construed as propaganda.

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/uselections2004/story/0,13918,1170535,00.html

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

1. faked? It's called PROPAGANDA and it's illegal

oh and Hey RB :hi:

[RBHam]

7. Bush is above the law, it seems...

He can even torture people with impunity and still retain the respect of half of Americans.

Very disturbing.

But then again, every Republican President since Nixon has been.
Reagan and Bush committed War Crimes in central America and spawned the Mujahadeen Terror network - and are worshipped for it by Limbaughtomized morons.


on edit: hi back! :hi:

[Just Me]

9. No matter how many times I've said that, the response is always,...

,..."NO. It's merely campaigning."

My head explodes. I don't think there's any icons for that.

[RoyGBiv]

11. Head Exploding

This one's close ...

[Eric J in MN]

2. fortunately, the GAO ruled those "video news releases" are illegal (nt)

nt

[LittleApple81]

3. This is OLD news (March 16, 2004). n/t

[Just Me]

10. It may not be LBN but it is still happening, right now, yes? n/t

[Obamarama]

4. I'm President George W. Bush and I approved this propaganda...

Will the thugs stop at NOTHING!?

[gratuitous]

5. The story's three months old

Not that that makes it invalid, but you are correct to post it in GD.

That being said, it's good to remember these things. I know many otherwise canny people who get so overloaded with this corrupt administration's misdeeds, that it's hard to keep track of them all.

[Rebellious Republican]

6. Maybe that is what turned around the media lately........

They have finally figured it out, this administration has made them look like the buffoon's that they really are!

[loudsue]

12. Turned the media AROUND???

What stations are YOU watching?? All I've seen is Ronnie and Bush, Ronnie and Bush, Ronnie and Bush, Ronnie and Bush.

:kick:

[Rebellious Republican]

14. That was just this past week, prior to Reaganmania.........

CBS and a few others have been doing some negitive Bush stuff. Not just TV but the print media as well has been doing some negitive stories. NYT has apologized, the list keeps growing if you have'nt noticed. DUers have been posting more links than ever to MAIN stream news sources,should I continue?

:shrug:

[hippiegranny]

8. everything these fuckers do is fake

immoral, sneaky and underhanded. i truly hate them.

[donhakman]

13. re-enacted news works for the white house and 700 club