I need to apologize for this story...I have been unable to verify the source as being legitimate and therefore this 'article' may not be genuine. I apologize for being sloppy in my research. Still...it probably could've happened!
Got any more foolish notions about "A free and independent News Media"?
Bush Administration Media Collusion Memos Surface
In a disturbing turn of events for an administration already plagued by sagging poll numbers and waning support for the Iraq war, Friday's revelation that the Bush Administration issued direct guidelines for programming to media outlets is troubling even die-hard conservatives.
"Late Friday a series of memos between senior Bush Administration officials and management at Viacom, Inc. were leaked calling for the media giant to focus on stories and programming choices that "reinforce the Administration's positions" and to "ignore and/or discredit points of view in opposition to the Bush Administration's foreign policy objectives for the purposes of National Security.".."
(Associated Press Washington Monday, April 3, 2006
http://www.fox-news.us/story/0,3566,190215,00.html)
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