Aired: Thursday, March 17, 2005 7-8PM ET

The New York Times Sunday announced a new age of "fake news" under President Bush.

Here's how fake news works:

The government pays for fawning coverage of itself. And television stations pass it off as their own unbiased reporting. The government's investigative arm, the GAO, says the administration is propagating "illegal propaganda."

The Justice Department told Federal Agencies in a March 11 memo to ignore the finding.

It's a hard slap in the face for the GAO. Especially with President Bush rushing to the Justice Department's side, saying he will follow the DOJ's lead. Government-paid propaganda and the media that passes it off as news.

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Totalitarianism, by and of the elite, has been refined into a 'benevolency' that is embraced by the people. Evil has been made to appear good, and good has become evil. Psychological warfare excludes objective reality. There are no options to choose that benefits the individual. All options are funneled toward the benefit of the government and the elite. -- Bob Livingston, Sep 2004


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