Ask right wing pundits if they get payola like Armstrong Williams

[yurbud]

On every Crossfire type program, those more to the left should ask the right wingers if they get payola like Armstrong Williams. What the hell, print journalists could ask too. This is an issue that could put them on the defensive.

Why do they need to be paid to spout ideas they supposedly already believe? What other issues are they paid to be on message about?

At the very least, they should ask every one who shows up at Grover Norquist's weekly meeting to give the conservative talking points.

[iconoclastic cat]

1. Someone should also call that idiot Mancow and ask him.

I listen to that idiot for 15 minutes each morning, just to hear his escalating propaganda.

[meegbear]

2. I'm sure he is ...

been on faux and friends a few times.

[tyedyeto]

3. Good idea....

we may find that there are many more gov't paid propagandists than we ever realized.

(I wasn't really surprised to finally read that a 'respected' journalist had been working for this admin to spout their view.)

[BrainRants]

4. This sounds like a great project for Media Matters or DU'ers!

Nail them down to either confirming or denying whether they've received contributions of this type.

Then investigate the hell out of the accuracy of their answers and pummel the ones who dodge answering with "What are you hiding?" questions at every opportunity.

Hmmmm...this tactic looks vaguely familiar to me, where have I seen it before?

Thinking...thinking...

Oh, yeah! The witch hunting wing of the Republican party!

[bluedonkey]

5. What really pissed me off

early this am I was watching 'america's black caucus' and who is on the program,insulting Dr Zogsby?Armstrong Williams!

This guy should be shunned by all programs.He's a disgrace and we need to weed out all the others of his kind!

[riverwalker]

6. betcha Bill Bennett does

he now has a radio talk show and as a former paid official, I bet the lines get a little blurry between the two. I bet an audit of his finances would smell like garbage behind a fish market.

[mcscajun]

7. Also sounds like great LTTE potential here...

...write every newspaper, TV station, their websites (if they have columnists post there) and ask the same question. Relentlessly, until they provide some answer.