Broadcasting&Cable: White House Mum on (Dem request for) PR Contracts

White House Mum on PR Contracts
By John Eggerton -- Broadcasting & Cable, 3/4/2005 5:35:00 PM


At press time, the White House had not responded to the request by a couple dozen high-profile House Democrats for information on all PR and advertising contracts with government agencies.

According to the office of Rep. George Miller, ranking minority member of the education committee, the administration has not responded to the Jan. 28 letter, which asked for the information by March 1.

The request cited "secret publicity campaigns to promote administration priorities" including an investigation that "revealed that the Department of Education paid a conservative commentator (Armstrong Williams, though the letter did not name him) to support the No Child Left Behind Act in television and radio appearances," plus another contract with a commentator unearthed following the Williams revelation.

It also cited Government Accountability Office conclusions that video news releases issued by Health and Human Services and the Office of National Drug Control Policy violated anti-propaganda rules, though the Justice Department concluded differently.

The letter-writers, which included House Democratic Leader Rep. Nancy Pelosi and the ranking minority members of a slew of committees from Appropriations and Commerce to Science and Transportation, want copies of all contracts, subcontracts and related documents. Good luck....


http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA508851.html?display=Breaking+News&referral=SUPP

It's not like they ever get held accountable for anything.

They got away with election fraud, lying about war, torture, treason, and gutting the treasury.

Who's going to care about propaganda? (Obeying the law is so 9/10.) Pah! Just give the Dems the freaking paper-trail; It's not like they have any teeth left.

The way you avoid the "It ain't the lie, it's the coverup" imbroglio is to just stonewall--say nothing, to no one. No statements, no pejury....

If anyone breaks ranks, though, all bets are off.

it has become--the 'important' arm of corporgov propaganda and pseudo entertainment.

Will news consumers increasingly tune out "news" and switch to alternatives? If so, news becomes less profitable. It would appear our leaders pay a bit of attention to "profits".