When the General Accountability Office said that it wasn't legal for the Bush administration to feed TV stations pre-packaged news stories that do not disclose the government's hand in producing them, the man that was supposed to restore accountability to Washington "rejected the ruling".
Not as I do
Shouldn't it be illegal to lie to the American people with textbook propaganda?
Why would any reputable newscaster broadcast such flim-flam? Wouldn't doing so suggest a healthy lack of respect for the audience and for any sense of duty to democracy? Is this a case of groveling for scraps of political favor?
I used to enjoy making fun of Communist newscasts, or of people like Baghdad Bob, but the fuel for the derision, my feelings of news-source superiority, seem to be approaching empty. It is also getting harder and harder to find a reputable filling station too.
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