VolcanoJen
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Tue Sep-06-05 01:16 PM
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Report: Armstrong Williams Not the Only DOE-Paid Pundit (E&P) |
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http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001054953Here's more from the "Honor & Integrity" White House. :eyes: Excerpt: NEW YORK The federal Department of Education secretly paid various education-advocacy groups to produce Op-Ed columns, ads, and other material, according to a new report issued by the DOE's Inspector General.
This means that former Tribune Media Services columnist Armstrong Williams wasn't the only person writing for newspapers while receiving DOE money.
The report said The Dallas Morning News, The Sacramento (Calif.) Bee, the Mobile (Ala.) Register, and The Grand Island (Neb.) Independent were among the papers that published government-funded Op-Eds whose authors failed to disclose this financial sponsorship, according to Rep. George Miller (D-Calif.). Separately, Miller's office also determined that additional opinion articles ran in papers such as The New York Sun.
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Tue Sep-06-05 01:20 PM
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1. Judas Priest. Welcome to the gulag. |
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Tue Sep-06-05 01:24 PM
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2. I am shocked...shocked 2 find |
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payola w/i this admnistration!
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Tue Sep-06-05 01:51 PM
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3. Off topic--this article had two recommendations just a few moments ago, |
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Edited on Tue Sep-06-05 01:54 PM by SimpleTrend
wasn't sure whether I'd rec'd it, so tried again and the message indicated I already had. After leaving my computer for a few minutes I refreshed this post again, the vote counter had 0 recommendations, so then I rec'd it AGAIN, this time it allowed me to recommend it.
Who's resetting the recommendation (votes for greatest page) counter?
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VolcanoJen
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Tue Sep-06-05 01:54 PM
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4. My guess? Scott McClellan. |
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Tue Sep-06-05 06:40 PM
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12. LOL! That Scottie is the dickens, isn't he? |
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Tue Sep-06-05 01:54 PM
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5. I knew there had to be more than one |
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Where there's smoke there's fire.
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Tue Sep-06-05 01:59 PM
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I always knew that RW bullshit didn't come from the heart |
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I wonder if they were paid by the keystroke.
assholes.
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Tue Sep-06-05 01:59 PM
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6. propaganda shills from this maladministration????? |
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Also, interesting to note the use of the words: grossly incompetent
Those words seem to be hanging around the necks of these miscreants a lot lately.
The Inspector General said the paid-for material does not constitute covert propaganda because the DOE would have to willingly mislead the public.
But Miller disagrees with that assessment. "The department is trying to define itself out of trouble by setting the bar very high for what constitutes covert propaganda," Miller said in a statement. "But on multiple occasions, education groups used taxpayer money -- unbeknownst to taxpayers -- to promote controversial federal policies. The department allowed this egregious use of taxpayer dollars to continue with such consistency that it cannot now claim that it was ignorant of the practice. Either the department is grossly incompetent when it comes to awarding grants and contracts, or it is misleading investigators and engaging in a cover up."
The Inspector General did conclude that it was improper for organizations to use DOE grant money to produce and disseminate public materials without including a disclaimer about funding, and said the appropriate course of action is to recover grant monies paid to these groups.
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Tue Sep-06-05 02:01 PM
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7. I get the Sacramento Bee every dau and i bet i know who is gettin paid |
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and i hope i'm right about it becasue they are huge right wing shills.
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Tue Sep-06-05 04:36 PM
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10. could that possibly be.... |
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Tue Sep-06-05 06:32 PM
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11. Ask the Bee directly: Which of your columnists gets paid by the feds? |
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Tue Sep-06-05 03:35 PM
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8. Somebody should investigate Christian Radio. They talk about |
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education everyday. Their trying to destroy the public school system.
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Tue Sep-06-05 06:56 PM
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13. Repubs use our tax money to Catapult the Propaganda & Lies |
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Wed Sep-07-05 07:25 AM
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14. We should stop paying taxes! I DO NOT want MY |
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tax $$$$$ to be used for RW, wacko, nut job PROPAGANDA! This is outrageous!
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