Your tax dollars at work for Bush's re-(s)election...

[IrateCitizen]

Bush Ad Appears to Be News Story
Mon Oct 11, 7:55 AM ET
By BEN FELLER, AP Education Writer

WASHINGTON - The Bush administration has promoted its education law with a video that comes across as a news story but fails to make clear the reporter involved was paid with taxpayer money.

The government used a similar approach this year in promoting the new Medicare law and drew a rebuke from the investigative arm of Congress, which found the videos amounted to propaganda in violation of federal law.

The Education Department also has paid for rankings of newspaper coverage of the No Child Left Behind law, a centerpiece of the president's domestic agenda. Points are awarded for stories that say President Bush (news - web sites) and the Republican Party are strong on education, among other factors.

The news ratings also rank individual reporters on how they cover the law, based on the points system set up by Ketchum, a public relations firm hired by the government.

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[Rainbowreflect]

1. Read & rate, please!

[WI_DEM]

2. not only that I saw Art Linkletter in an ad promoting the Medicare

Prescription Drug act to go into effect in 2006--says it was funded by the Dept of HHS but it is clear it is being used to help Bush.