HELP: Who were the other reporters busted for 'payola'?

[WilliamPitt]

I know Armstrong Williams, and of course Gannon is in the mix. But I seem to recall another name crossing the wires, someone pimping the Bush social security plan for cash. Can you help me with names? Are there more I can't remember?

Many thanks.

[bozeman]

1. Crespin Dilworth

[WilliamPitt]

5. Do you know the details?

[imax2268]

2. The ones I know of are...

Maggie Gallagher and Mike McManus

[WilliamPitt]

4. Do you know the details?

[tsuki]

8. Gallagher got $21,000 for promoting the marriage initiative

from HHS. Sinceno bill or law was involved, she is not being fired by Universal Press. However, she did defend Bush's man-woman definition. I am not exactly sure that Universal Press was entirely correct.

McManus was paid $10,000 to promote the same marriage initiative by HHS.

It sound like the "initiative" was to exclude gay couple getting civil licenses to me. But that is just me. On the other hand, why would you pay "journalists" to advocate marriage when that is what they do.

[Botany]

3. Gallagher and one other person ......

...... I doubt it stops there.

:bounce:

Wolf has to be on the take or being blackmailed.

[LynneSin]

6. McManus...it's all on Media Matters

:D

[noamnety]

7. There's a short payola press page on demopedia

I threw a couple names on there, but please jump in and add others as they come to light.

[intheflow]

10. Thanks for that.

I added a link to a story about how press releases from the WH have been aired as straight news stories on local stations. Not exactly payola, but propaganda for sure.

[intheflow]

9. Karen Ryan.

This may not exactly be payola, but it's certainly propaganda. The Bush administration produced video news releases--that aired on local channels as legit news stories--to boost support for health care and education pillages, uh, "reforms".

The "reporter" was a PR executive named Karen Ryan.

From the Intn'l Labor Communications Assoc.: http://www.ilcaonline.org/print.php?sid=730

References articles in NYT and Columbia Journalism Review.


Edited to include Ryan's Latino counterpart, Alberto Garcia. From Information Clearing House: Faux Journalism is the White House's New Ally.