White House guilty of breaking propaganda law

[JoFerret]

http://news.scotsman.com/international.cfm?id=578732004

THE Bush administration was guilty of spreading "covert propaganda" through a series of ready-made television "news" packages it sent to broadcasters, a US government watchdog has concluded.

The General Accounting Office (GAO), an arm of Congress, also declared that the adverts breached federal law.

The ready-made news items praised a new law, signed by the president, George Bush, in December, which the White House has said will make it easier for elderly citizens to obtain prescribed medicines.

Some of the features contain pictures of Mr Bush receiving a standing ovation from a crowd as he signed the Medicare law.
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[loudsue]

1. Notice we have to hear this from SCOTLAND! Not in the USA.

Nor does there seem to be any PENALTY for breaking this federal law! When in the hell did we become a lawless nation??

:argh::nuke:


:kick::kick:

[nono]

2. Is this as bad as a BJ?

What will happen now?

[lovedems]

5. I think his slap on the wrist is the Bu$h/Cheney campaign has to pay

the money back. That should get him running scared! :spank:

[MikeG]

8. No. But both crimes involve a wet noodle.

[Imalittleteapot]

3. When will it be breaking in US? Nov. 3? nt

[shraby]

4. Tommy Thompson will

probably take the fall for that one, he's already in the hot seat for not letting congress know the true cost of the bill.

[Miss Authoritiva]

7. Was running as a crawl story on CNN around mid-day.

[maddezmom]

9. here's a DU link from last night

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=566927&mesg_id=566927

It' been on Yahoo and Google all day...but haven't heard anything on CNNI.

[lovedems]

6. They said (of course) Clinton did the same thing!

But I guess at the end of the Clinton ad it was stated that the ad was paid for by the government. Something the chimpy's team failed to mention.