W. House paid commentator to promote law AP

[DemGa]

Sorry if it's a dupe. This needs to go mainstream.

"Seeking to build support among black families for its education reform law, the Bush administration paid a prominent black pundit $240,000 to promote the law on his nationally syndicated television show and to urge other black journalists to do the same".


http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=676&ncid=676&e=2&u=/usatoday/20050107/ts_usatoday/whitehousepaidcommentatortopromotelaw

[AlbizuX]

1. please repost link in a better fasion.

[DemGa]

2. Done. n/t

[warrens]

3. New link

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=676&ncid=676&e=2&u=/usatoday/20050107/ts_usatoday/whitehousepaidcommentatortopromotelaw

Adding a whole new dimension to the term "media whore."

[eleny]

4. Bernie Ward's show should be good tonight

Recently, he was a guest on Wolf Blitzer twice along with Williams. They debated the war and other issues. Surely Bernie will comment on this tonight even though they didn't debate education reform.

[Moderator]

5. duplicate topic

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=1129454&mesg_id=1129454