Has anyone read about this? If not, you simply must somehow get to the New York Times and read this article. It's not like it hasn't been happening before, but it just positively sickens me that the Bush administration so actively uses it. Yet another reason why the "red states" should long ago have been separated from the civilized (blue) states.
The New York Times > Washington > Under Bush, a New Age of Prepackaged TV News
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Under the Bush administration, the federal government has aggressively used a well-established tool of public relations: the prepackaged, ready-to-serve news report that major corporations have long distributed to TV stations to pitch everything from headache remedies to auto insurance. In all, at least 20 federal agencies, including the Defense Department and the Census Bureau, have made and distributed hundreds of television news segments in the past four years, records and interviews show. Many were subsequently broadcast on local stations across the country without any acknowledgement of the government's role in their production.
Thanks to no-sword for this one.
This is one of the funnier things I've seen in a long time. Recently Warner Brothers decided that Bugs Bunny and crew aren't "hip" enough for the 21st century. What followed is a Mountain Dew-esque line of characters that all look like they'd rather beat the shit out of you than say something cute or funny. Do not view this in public for fear of deportation. Gives me a whole new perspective on creative insults. My favorite? "Man Yogurt." 'Nuff said.