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To: steve harris who wrote (256109)	10/18/2005 3:48:57 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572778

The "Truth in Broadcasting Act" (S. 967) would bar all government agencies from producing video news releases without prominently identifying the government as the source. The non-partisan Government Accountability Office has determined that the Bush administration's use of unattributed video news releases (as well as pay-offs to commentators like Armstrong Williams1) violates a federal prohibition on "covert propaganda." But the Justice Department, under Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, says such propaganda is fine as long as it is fact-based.2 MoveOn Media Action is a new long-term effort to make sure the media acts like a vigilant watchdog—getting to the bottom of stories and asking tough questions of those in power to reveal the truth to the public. In a recent Media Action poll, MoveOn members ranked ending government-funded propaganda as a top media reform policy priority. Such government-funded propaganda cuts against the media's role of being a watchdog. Tomorrow's vote in the Senate Commerce Committee is a golden opportunity to make real progress on this issue. Please call your senator on the committee and encourage them to vote yes on the Truth in Broadcasting Act.