A petition worth signing
The New York Times yesterday ran a huge expose piece on the Bush administration's use of public funds for the production of 'video news releases': pieces that are indistinguishable from local news segments but made by the Agriculture Department, the State Dept., and the TSA.
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) ruled definitively on Friday that this stuff constitutes 'covert propaganda', which is illegal, and that basically all government offices must cease and desist, forthwith, dude.
The Justice Department sent around a memo saying to ignore the GAO. Accountability doesn't matter, there just, you know, educational documentaries.
The problem is that they have been aired on many local news stations as if they were regular news stories and with no identification that they were produced by the government.
"Some of the segments were broadcast in some of nation's largest television markets, including New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Dallas and Atlanta."
So, let me just say this straight out- Americans are watching news programs that have actually been produced by the government. We used to get really incensed when the Soviets did this.
It's bad enough that big business writes our legislation - in many cases literally writes the bills - now we have news that it made by the government. This has gone too far.
So, sign this petition and tell the FCC to forget about Janet's boobies and start worrying about the fact that our media are becoming - literally- a government mouthpiece.
http://www.stopfakenews.org/?tr=y&auid=761132
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) ruled definitively on Friday that this stuff constitutes 'covert propaganda', which is illegal, and that basically all government offices must cease and desist, forthwith, dude.
The Justice Department sent around a memo saying to ignore the GAO. Accountability doesn't matter, there just, you know, educational documentaries.
The problem is that they have been aired on many local news stations as if they were regular news stories and with no identification that they were produced by the government.
"Some of the segments were broadcast in some of nation's largest television markets, including New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Dallas and Atlanta."
So, let me just say this straight out- Americans are watching news programs that have actually been produced by the government. We used to get really incensed when the Soviets did this.
It's bad enough that big business writes our legislation - in many cases literally writes the bills - now we have news that it made by the government. This has gone too far.
So, sign this petition and tell the FCC to forget about Janet's boobies and start worrying about the fact that our media are becoming - literally- a government mouthpiece.
http://www.stopfakenews.org/?tr=y&auid=761132
posted by Matthew at 4:48 PM
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