From the White House: Fake News

Most people aren't aware that the White House has been cranking out fake news, otherwise known as propaganda, to the American people throughout the duration of the administration. The liberal media has almost completely ignored this issue, and the only places you can hear about it include the New York Times, and the Daily Show. I'll say that again - you actually have to watch a fake news show on Comedy Central, in order to get any type of real news because the corporate media is too lazy or unwilling to cover it.

In a nutshell, the Bushies have been shelling out pre-packaged news reports to local news stations, put together by PR firms they've hired in order to praise Bush and Jesus for the miracles from both. As you're settling in to watch your local hot reporter for channel 6 tell you how the local factory just laid off your uncle that keeps voting for Bush, they go to a reporter in the field who tells you how amazing Bush's plan for economic recovery is, and how people everywhere are getting back to work. It ends with, "live from Sioux City, I'm so-and-so."
There is no kind of disclaimer on these videos that would indicate it was made by the state department, the education department, or the Pentagon. It just appears like any other news report, and you're left believing that No Child Left Behind is actually working .

Sound sneaky? You're right, but it's more than that. Completely immoral? Yes, but even more than that, it's against the law.

Let's recap what we've found out has been going on in the liberal media these past couple years under the Bush administration:

• Three reporters have been found in the past year to be taking money from the Bush administration to promote disastrous and homophobic Bush policies in syndicated newspaper columns and on television. This is unprecedented, and there may be more than just these three.
  
• A reporter in the White House press corps has been getting daily press passes issued to him, cleared by the secret service and other security bodies checking for anything suspicious, in order to throw softball questions at Bush and his press secretary, typically immediately following difficult questions from genuine reporters. The other issues with this is that Jeff Gannon isn't his real name, he worked for a small right-wing activist organization called GOPUSA, and he isn't even a legitimate reporter with any credentials whatsoever. In this day and age of hyper-concern for security ad nauseam, this fake reporter was able to get within shouting distance of the president.
  
• Finally, as mentioned above, the White House is under fire from legal, ethics and media groups regarding the pre-packaged propaganda distributed to local news organizations.
  Again, you won't hear much out of pink-commie CBS News regarding this, but instead, you have to watch this Daily Show clip to obtain any kind of real information. If you need quicktime, get it, this clip is that good.