GAO busts government twice in one week for illegal propaganda

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Way to go, GAO.

Education Dept. paid commentator to promote law
By Greg Toppo, USA TODAY
Updated 1/7/2005 11:16 AM

Seeking to build support among black families for its education reform law, the Bush administration paid a prominent black pundit $240,000 to promote the law on his nationally syndicated television show and to urge other black journalists to do the same.

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http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2005-01-06-williams-whitehouse_x.htm

and

Drug Control Office Faulted For Issuing Fake News Tapes
By Ceci Connolly
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, January 7, 2005; Page A17

Shortly before last year's Super Bowl, local news stations across the country aired a story by Mike Morris describing plans for a new White House ad campaign on the dangers of drug abuse.

What viewers did not know was that Morris is not a journalist and his "report" was produced by the government, actions that constituted illegal "covert propaganda," according to an investigation by the Government Accountability Office.

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A54651-2005Jan6.html