Bush 'planted fake news stories on American TV'

[YouWantitWhen????]

Posted: 5/29/06 at 5:38pm

Where are the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth when you need them? I guess the word "truth" is kind of like the word "is".

"Federal authorities are actively investigating dozens of American television stations for broadcasting items produced by the Bush administration and major corporations, and passing them off as normal news. Some of the fake news segments talked up success in the war in Iraq, or promoted the companies' products.

Investigators from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) are seeking information about stations across the country after a report produced by a campaign group detailed the extraordinary extent of the use of such items.

The report, by the non-profit group Centre for Media and Democracy, found that over a 10-month period at least 77 television stations were making use of the faux news broadcasts, known as Video News Releases (VNRs). Not one told viewers who had produced the items.

"We know we only had partial access to these VNRs and yet we found 77 stations using them," said Diana Farsetta, one of the group's researchers. "I would say it's pretty extraordinary. The picture we found was much worse than we expected going into the investigation in terms of just how widely these get played and how frequently these pre-packaged segments are put on the air."


Fake News and You. Updated On: 5/29/06 at 05:38 PM

[alterego]

Posted: 5/29/06 at 11:59pm

Are we really surprised by this?

[ZONEACE]

Posted: 5/30/06 at 12:00am

I'm shocked, SHOCKE...oh hell, i can't even fake anymore.

[Rose_MacShane]

Posted: 5/30/06 at 12:40am

Do we FINALLY have enough proof that Bush and co. are liars so we can impeach them all?!

[jimnysf]

Posted: 5/30/06 at 3:15am

http://republicananatomy.cf.huffingtonpost.com/