The General Accounting Office, an investigative arm of Congress, said on Wednesday that the Bush administration had violated federal law by producing and disseminating television news segments that portray the new Medicare law as a boon to the elderly.
The agency said the videos were a form of "covert propaganda" because the government was not identified as the source of the materials, broadcast by at least 40 television stations in 33 markets. The agency also expressed some concern about the content of the videos, but based its ruling on the lack of disclosure.
. . . The General Accounting Office said that a specific part of the videos, a made-for-television "story package," violated the prohibition on using taxpayer money for propaganda.
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/20/politics/20medicare.htmlSorry if this is a dupe. I'm surprised it isn't bigger news today, or did I just miss all the talk about it. Seems pretty strong to have the non partisan GAO saying Bush is spreading propaganda.