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The New DU. "Journalists" Williams, Gallagher, McManus: Tip of Iceberg - Here's Why
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Sat Jan-29-05 11:01 AM
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| "Journalists" Williams, Gallagher, McManus: Tip of Iceberg - Here's Why |
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All three of these journalists were paid by the government to promote government policies or viewpoints. But what about businesses paying off journalists to promote government policies or viewpoints that could benefit them? I think the latter could be the far more prevalent type of relationship, as it is easier to keep under wraps (no publicly-available contracts to disclose the relationship), and the money involved can be staggering. Any "journalists" supporting the Jets stadium initiative? The war in Iraq? The NCLB act? There are plenty businesses that would readily "support" those journalists.
Government-paid pundits are just a tip of the iceberg...
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