Here's what taxpayers got for $1 million in federal education funds: a public relations company "judging" newspaper coverage of the department and giving its top ranking to an article written by the U.S. Education secretary himself. Actors taping some phony, little-noticed "news spots" about the federal education law. And a columnist and commentator touting the No Child Left Behind Act without disclosing he had been paid a quarter of a million to do so.
If nothing else, Education Secretary Rod Paige made it easy for his successor to outclass him. All Margaret Spellings will have to do is institute a few basic rules of ethics. <snip>
The Education Department says it has "no plans" for more phony journalism, but hasn't promised a thing. We're still listening. It's up to the free market to decide about Williams. He's already lost his distribution deal with Tribune Co., the parent company of this newspaper. CNN and NBC left his future doubtful but unclear. Maybe the Home Shopping Network will sell him airtime.
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-ed-williams15jan15,0,2188113.story
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