Hired Guns

You know, from a media point of view, if the government wants to hire journalists to write favorable articles, that's fine... the journalists can whore themselves if they want (they already do to a large extend anyways). My only beef is that the top of the page of any such article should read "PAID ADVERTISEMENT" and simply call it what it is.

However, that doesn't absolve the government side of this issue in that this smacks of using tax dollars for political purposes... I can see "educating the public" on current programs, but not about items that are still in the legislature.