Did Y'all know the Pundit Payola scandal has a third paid pundit?

[Walt Starr]

Yep, number three came out of the woodwork today!

http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/01/27/mcmanus/

Third columnist caught with hand in the Bush till
Michael McManus, conservative author of the syndicated column "Ethics & Religion," received $10,000 to promote a marriage initiative.

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By Eric Boehlert



Jan. 27, 2005 | And three makes a trend.

One day after President Bush ordered his Cabinet secretaries to stop hiring commentators to help promote administration initiatives, and one day after the second high-profile conservative pundit was found to be on the federal payroll, a third embarrassing hire has emerged. Salon has confirmed that Michael McManus, a marriage advocate whose syndicated column, "Ethics & Religion," appears in 50 newspapers, was hired as a subcontractor by the Department of Health and Human Services to foster a Bush-approved marriage initiative. McManus championed the plan in his columns without disclosing to readers he was being paid to help it succeed.

[Carni]

1. I am waiting for this to hit Coulter, Hannity and O'Lielly

Hannity and Coulter are shoe ins given their participation in freakrepublic functions of days gone by...

And speaking of freak republic I would love to see the records for old Jim Rob's servers opened up for public scrutiny.

[Walt Starr]

2. Refresh my memory about the woman from the NY Times whose

information all came from Chalabi? I bet she was on the payola, too!

[Carni]

4. Judith Miller

She was front and center on all things *WMD* in Iraq pre-invasion and early invasion--as a matter of fact she was embedded and was pulling rank on our military leaders at one point in time.

[Walt Starr]

5. Yep, we need a FOIA request for any consulting contracts with Judith

Miller. Betcha it would turn up she was receiving Pundit Payola for Propaganda as well, and that, my friend, would destroy every shred of credibility the administration has except with the Captain Morans of the world.

[exsoccermom]

8. Isn't Miller also involed in the Valarie Plame thing?

Doesn't she know the leaker?

[Carni]

12. You may be right but I can't remember

But your question does bring that insidious Novak to mind!

[Carni]

9. I agree and she has kept a very low profile since the Chalabi outing

She was definitely on the take IMO

[in_cog_ni_to]

14. Oh yeah...she was shameless in her reporting.

She's gotta be on the payroll.

[marcologico]

6. Judith Miller and practically everybody else seems to be on the take,

including the supposedly nonpartisan Maureen Dowd who never tires of calling Kerry a fag in creative new ways.

[Walt Starr]

7. Betcha John Fund is taking Pundit Payola

No doubt in my mind about that one!

[Carni]

11. Who's the Trafficant hair guy?

Is it Frank Luntz?

The so called MSNBC *pollster* he has also been off the radar lately.

He's another prime candidate IMO

[WildClarySage]

3. Wow, for a bunch who don't want people (gays) marrying

they're really pushing this marriage initiative crap, aren't they.

[Skittles]

10. I think there are plenty more

I have often wondered how so many people could be whoring for an obvious mental defect - money would explain it, especially if these pundits are republicans

[in_cog_ni_to]

13. I hope they keep digging! This is too sweeeet!

That LIBERAL media...sheesh. Dig, dig, dig! I want to see Limpballs bank accounts, Hannity, Scarborough, O'Lielly, ALL of the Faux News pundit's bank accounts. I'll bet you anything they are all on the payroll. INVESTIGATION TIME! :bounce:

Go Salon!

[Botany]

15. Drip Drip Drip

Some names =
Williams, Gallagher, McManus
Companies (P.R.)
Hill & Knowlton, Creative Response Concepts, and Ketchum


Where will this all lead to?

[Walt Starr]

16. It will lead to absolute proof of the REICHWING MEDIA

collusion.