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May 20, 2004
Medicare videos declared propaganda, illegal
Remember this one? The Department of Health and Human Services produced a series of videos on the new Medicare prescription drug benefit in the style of news reports, complete with fake reporters. These media kit videos were often aired by local stations as part of their newscast without commentary or explanation--thus running the risk of misleading viewers about the nature and source of the videos.
Well, the General Accounting Office concluded that the videos amounted to propaganda, which is illegal. While the GAO's conclusions don't necessarily mean anything in terms of consequences for HHS or the administration, this report comes amidst other controversies:
The House ethics panel, meanwhile, is investigating whether Republican leaders attempted to bribe or coerce a GOP House member to vote for the bill before it passed by a few votes before dawn after the longest roll call in House history.
Posted by glyphic at May 20, 2004 10:07 AM