US government faked Bush news reports - March 16, 2004

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http://media.guardian.co.uk/site/story/0,14173,1170534,00.html

TV news reports in America that showed President George Bush getting a standing ovation from potential voters have been exposed as fake, it has emerged.

The US government admitted it paid actors to pose as journalists in video news releases sent to TV stations intending to convey support for new laws about health benefits.

Investigators are examining the film segments, in which actors pretending to be journalists praise the benefits of the new law passed last year by President Bush, to see if they could be construed as propaganda. snip

Another video, intended for Hispanic viewers, shows a government official being interviewed in Spanish by a actor posing as a reporter with the name "Alberto Garcia".

One segment shows a pharmacist telling an elderly customer the new law "helps you better afford your medications". snip

And in some scenes President Bush is shown receiving a standing ovation from a crowd cheering him as he signed the Medicare law, which is designed to help elderly people with prescriptions.

[unpossibles]

1. this is old news but sadly nothing seemed to happen

it's like they can get away with anything.

And it made me wonder how many things are like this that we don't find out?

[Atman]

2. Good to see the America media is finally covering this!

Oh...wait a minute...never mind!

[welshTerrier2]

3. everything is scripted ...

question everything!!!

there is zero credibility left ... we are being sold propaganda 24/7 ... and the media are complicit ...

[cyberpj]

4. Do you have some followup info to this story? Did anything come of it?

Who were the "investigators"?

Investigators are examining the film segments, in which actors pretending to be journalists praise the benefits of the new law passed last year by President Bush, to see if they could be construed as propaganda. snip