It doesn't usually take an expert to distinguish a video news release (PR) from a video news report but, as wel have learned, the Bush administration was not reluctant to use more surreptitious means of inserting the "party line" into supposed "news." Excellent reporting, thorough job!

Excellent A+ the best coverage of the Pentagon Propaganda as as crime. Clear breakdown of the law and the acts which seem lto be crimes. The scary part is the "What is to be done?" section which reminds us no mechanism is positioned to deal with propaganda ....so what is it, an unfunded mandate?

The article gives depth and breadth to the legal status and lack of enforcement of those laws regarding government sponsored propaganda.

Great article that really puts the Bush administration’s propagandizing into perspective! Sadly, this is only the tip of the propaganda iceberg. Ultra conservative’s centralizing of media ownership has made news management simple and effortless. Merely telephone propaganda requests to only six CEOs who owe their very existence to neocons and wishes become realities. If one doubts the media’s complicity in news management, one needs only to consider how pitifully little coverage the media themselves have given this story and its aftermath. What is to be done? Impeachment comes to mind.

This opinion piece has little journalistic value. The author provides numerous quotes that are not relevant to this issue. For example the Armstrong Williams case involved payments to Mr Williams. The author of this piece apparently does not know that the Pentagon made no payments to any reporter or analyst. The NY Times article did help the paper reach its weekly goal of losing 2000 subscribers last week, not much else can be said in favor of it or this opinion piece.

Not objective but fair and informative.