Journamalism

More revelations of reporters who were paid by the White House to promote an agenda-

NY Times: U.S. Paid 10 Journalists for Anti-Castro Reports

The Bush administration’s Office of Cuba Broadcasting paid 10 journalists here to provide commentary on Radio and TV Martí, which transmit to Cuba government broadcasts critical of Fidel Castro, a spokesman for the office said Friday.

The group included three journalists at El Nuevo Herald, the Spanish-language sister newspaper of The Miami Herald, which fired them Thursday after learning of the relationship. Pablo Alfonso, who reports on Cuba for El Nuevo Herald, received the largest payment, almost $175,000 since 2001...

Their contempt for democracy is overwhelming.

Assuming the Democrats are planning investigations if/when they control the Congress this January, I think a necessary one is into just how many 'journalists' were on the payroll of this administration (Fox News notwithstanding, natch). Armstrong Williams, Maggie Gallagher, 'Jeff Gannon', paid propaganda in Iraq (and hell, let's throw in Judy Miller, even though she did it for free) are among the more famous examples. But how many more were there that never came to light? It's a question that needs answering.