Government-Funded Propaganda Pushes CAFTA

If you were disgusted by the Armstrong Williams controversy, and nauseated by other columnists being bought off by the government, wait until you see this new piece from the Chicago Tribune.

Here's the excerpt:

"The U.S. Department of Agriculture has churned out three dozen radio and television news segments since the first of the year that promote a controversial trade agreement with Central America opposed by labor unions, the sugar industry and many members of Congress, including some Republicans. Amid an intense debate over government-funded efforts to influence news coverage, the prepackaged reports have been widely distributed to broadcast outlets across the country for easy insertion into newscasts."

That's right - it's not enough that your government is pushing a corporate-written trade deal that sells America out. Now they are using your hard-earned taxpayer dollars at a time of budget deficits to fund advertisements that push that agenda.