Education Department violated a ban on covert propaganda

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The [Government Accountability Office] said the Education Department violated a ban on covert propaganda in 2003 by hiring Williams to endorse the education law in his newspaper columns and in television appearances, and by failing to require him to disclose the arrangement to his audiences. The report noted that, in his pitch to the department, Williams proposed to "win the battle for media space" with commentaries that "will amount to passive endorsements from the media outlets that carry them."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/30/AR2005093001546.html

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Attempting to deceive the citizenry is wrong, no matter which "side" does it.