Guest guest Posted October 18, 2004 Report Share Posted October 18, 2004 http://www.disinfopedia.org/wiki.phtml?title=Ketchum [in 2003, the U.S. Department of Education signed a $700,000 contract with Ketchum to do " rankings of newspaper coverage of the No Child Left Behind law " and to produce a video news release (VNR) touting the law, which featured Education Secretary Rod Paige and promoted a tutoring program offered under the new law. The VNR, narrated by faux reporter (actually a PR pro), generated controversy since it " comes across as a news story but fails to make clear the reporter involved was paid with taxpayer money. " A similar VNR promoting the Bush Medicare law was found to be " propaganda in violation of federal law. " ] How to research front groups... http://www.disinfopedia.org/wiki.phtml? title=How_to_research_front_groups Internet Archive & " Wayback Machine " http://www.archive.org/ http://www.disinfopedia.org/wiki.phtml?title=Disinfopedia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 18, 2004 Report Share Posted October 18, 2004 http://www.disinfopedia.org/wiki.phtml?title=Ketchum [in 2003, the U.S. Department of Education signed a $700,000 contract with Ketchum to do " rankings of newspaper coverage of the No Child Left Behind law " and to produce a video news release (VNR) touting the law, which featured Education Secretary Rod Paige and promoted a tutoring program offered under the new law. The VNR, narrated by faux reporter (actually a PR pro), generated controversy since it " comes across as a news story but fails to make clear the reporter involved was paid with taxpayer money. " A similar VNR promoting the Bush Medicare law was found to be " propaganda in violation of federal law. " ] How to research front groups... http://www.disinfopedia.org/wiki.phtml? title=How_to_research_front_groups Internet Archive & " Wayback Machine " http://www.archive.org/ http://www.disinfopedia.org/wiki.phtml?title=Disinfopedia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 18, 2004 Report Share Posted October 18, 2004 http://www.disinfopedia.org/wiki.phtml?title=Ketchum [in 2003, the U.S. Department of Education signed a $700,000 contract with Ketchum to do " rankings of newspaper coverage of the No Child Left Behind law " and to produce a video news release (VNR) touting the law, which featured Education Secretary Rod Paige and promoted a tutoring program offered under the new law. The VNR, narrated by faux reporter (actually a PR pro), generated controversy since it " comes across as a news story but fails to make clear the reporter involved was paid with taxpayer money. " A similar VNR promoting the Bush Medicare law was found to be " propaganda in violation of federal law. " ] How to research front groups... http://www.disinfopedia.org/wiki.phtml? title=How_to_research_front_groups Internet Archive & " Wayback Machine " http://www.archive.org/ http://www.disinfopedia.org/wiki.phtml?title=Disinfopedia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 18, 2004 Report Share Posted October 18, 2004 http://www.disinfopedia.org/wiki.phtml?title=Ketchum [in 2003, the U.S. Department of Education signed a $700,000 contract with Ketchum to do " rankings of newspaper coverage of the No Child Left Behind law " and to produce a video news release (VNR) touting the law, which featured Education Secretary Rod Paige and promoted a tutoring program offered under the new law. The VNR, narrated by faux reporter (actually a PR pro), generated controversy since it " comes across as a news story but fails to make clear the reporter involved was paid with taxpayer money. " A similar VNR promoting the Bush Medicare law was found to be " propaganda in violation of federal law. " ] How to research front groups... http://www.disinfopedia.org/wiki.phtml? title=How_to_research_front_groups Internet Archive & " Wayback Machine " http://www.archive.org/ http://www.disinfopedia.org/wiki.phtml?title=Disinfopedia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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