Media Matters - Government Paid Propaganda

Media Matters - Government Paid Propaganda http://mediamatters.org/tools/syndication/tag_rss/government_paid_propaganda This link is for use by RSS-enabled software to retrieve Media Matters items matching the term: Government Paid Propaganda en-US Copyright 2008, Media Matters for America Media outlets uncritically reported White House claim that it does not "employ" fake reporting http://mediamatters.org/items/200710300011 News outlets including CNN, the Associated Press, The New York Times, The Washington Post, and the Los Angeles Times uncritically quoted White House spokeswoman Dana Perino's response to a question about an October 23 Federal Emergency Management Agency press conference, in which the questions were asked by FEMA staffers playing reporters. Perino said of the conference, "It is not a practice that we would employ here at the White House and we certainly don't condone it." But these news outlets failed to note previous Bush administration scandals involving "fake" reporting. http://mediamatters.org/items/200710300011 Tue, 30 Oct 2007 19:36:11 EST Media Matters' Waldman: "[I]f Bill O'Reilly got caught robbing a bank he would say he was taken out of context" http://mediamatters.org/items/200709260001 http://mediamatters.org/items/200709260001 Wed, 26 Sep 2007 10:04:04 EST Coming soon to The New York Times? Globe reports Bush marriage breakup http://mediamatters.org/items/200605260003 In Patrick Healy's recent front-page New York Times article on the state of the Clintons' marriage, Healy noted that a "tabloid photograph" of former President Bill Clinton "was enough to fuel coverage in the gossip pages." Media Matters does not endorse the decision by elite media figures to take their cues from tabloids, but if they do so, we expect them to be consistent. As it happens, the cover of the May 29 edition of the Globe magazine contains a headline about another high-profile political couple: "BUSH MARRIAGE BREAKUP! EXCLUSIVE! SEPARATE LIVES IN THE WHITE HOUSE." http://mediamatters.org/items/200605260003 Fri, 26 May 2006 12:00:54 EST Conservatives tout "combative" Snow's barrage of false attacks on the media http://mediamatters.org/items/200605150010 The White House released a series of statements, reportedly initiated by new press secretary Tony Snow, attacking specific media reports and editorials as misleading. Conservatives in the media have touted the statements as indicative of a new willingness on the part of the White House communications office, led by Snow, to call the press on its misinformation. But Media Matters for America has found that, of the six "Setting the Record Straight" releases issued from May 8 to May 11, at least four are highly misleading. http://mediamatters.org/items/200605150010 Mon, 15 May 2006 18:36:41 EST Hume noted White House claim that "video news releases" are legal, ignored that GAO thinks otherwise http://mediamatters.org/items/200602150002 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. http://mediamatters.org/items/200602150002 Wed, 15 Feb 2006 10:13:55 EST NBC anchor Williams: Bush administration has "right" to buy media coverage http://mediamatters.org/items/200512050010 NBC anchor Brian Williams condoned the Bush administration's paying a columnist to tout administration views in his column and the former Republican CPB chairman's intervention in the programming decisions of PBS, despite reports by the GAO and the CPB inspector general alleging that such actions violate federal law. http://mediamatters.org/items/200512050010 Mon, 5 Dec 2005 18:52:18 EST NBC Nightly News on White House PR http://mediamatters.org/items/200503150006 http://mediamatters.org/items/200503150006 Tue, 15 Mar 2005 14:49:04 EST Bush Fake News Blitz http://mediamatters.org/items/200503140005 http://mediamatters.org/items/200503140005 Mon, 14 Mar 2005 15:11:22 EST <a href="http://mediamatters.org/static/pdf/walkerltr022305.pdf">Reps. ask GAO to expand investigation</a> http://mediamatters.org/items/200502240005 http://mediamatters.org/items/200502240005 Thu, 24 Feb 2005 16:59:24 EST Payola columnist Armstrong Williams repeated Social Security misinformation in self-syndicated column http://mediamatters.org/items/200502140007 http://mediamatters.org/items/200502140007 Mon, 14 Feb 2005 16:49:02 EST Colmes confronted Williams with inconsistent statements on No Child Left Behind http://mediamatters.org/items/200501310003 http://mediamatters.org/items/200501310003 Mon, 31 Jan 2005 16:38:12 EST McManus and Gallagher have more in common than Bush administration contracts http://mediamatters.org/items/200501290002 http://mediamatters.org/items/200501290002 Fri, 28 Jan 2005 20:41:31 EST HRC: Investigate 'pay-to-sway' columnist for possible legal violations http://mediamatters.org/items/200501270009 http://mediamatters.org/items/200501270009 Thu, 27 Jan 2005 13:59:24 EST Media watchdog, government ethics and advocacy groups call for action on "pay-to-sway" scandal http://mediamatters.org/items/200501270003 http://mediamatters.org/items/200501270003 Thu, 27 Jan 2005 10:59:58 EST <a href="http://salon.com/news/feature/2005/01/27/pundits/index.html">Salon's Boehlert -- Right-wing pundits: We're not on the Bush payroll</a> http://mediamatters.org/items/200501270002 http://mediamatters.org/items/200501270002 Thu, 27 Jan 2005 10:07:15 EST