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Hume noted White House claim that "video news releases" are legal, ignored that GAO thinks otherwise

February 15, 2006 10:13 am ET

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SUMMARY: Reporting on a Government Accountability Office (GAO) study that found that the Bush administration has spent $1.6 billion in public relations contracts since 2003, Brit Hume noted the White House claim that its use of "video news releases" is legal. However, Hume did not report that, according to the GAO, this practice violates federal law.

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