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- Name: cresmer
- Location: Winooski, Vermont, United States
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Wednesday, April 06, 2005
More Fake News
A widely circulated post from the folks at Essex VT-based Carpetbagger Report gives an update on the Bush administration's use of fake news reports touting the work of government agencies. Why do stations run government-sponsored news releases? Because they won't spend the money to hire reporters to tell you the real news. Which goes back to the whole pope-saturation-coverage thing I've been harping on here all week.
