From The Chicago Tribune, 1/26/05:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-0501260350jan26,1,610457.story?coll=chi-newsnationworld-hed
Columnist paid to promote Bush policy
WASHINGTON, D.C. --
A syndicated columnist, who has repeatedly supported the Bush
administration's push for a $300 million initiative to encourage
marriage, also had a $21,500 federal contract to help promote the
proposal, the Washington Post reported Tuesday.
Maggie Gallagher had a $21,500 contract with the Department of Health
and Human Services.
It ran from January through October 2002 and included drafting a
magazine article for the department official overseeing the
initiative, the Post reported.
"Did I violate journalistic ethics by not disclosing it?" Gallagher
was quoted as saying Tuesday.
"I don't know. You tell me."
Later in the day, Gallagher filed a column in which she said:
"I should have disclosed a government contract when I later wrote
about the Bush marriage initiative. I would have, if I had remembered
it. My apologies to my readers."
_______________________________________________________
Armstrong Williams and now this. Probably just the tip of the iceberg.
Harry
.
|
