Sounds familiar eh??
http://www.commondreams.org/headlines05/0329-01.htmJournalist Is Contractor With Officials in Florida
by Chris Davis and Matthew Doig
<snip> At the same time one of Florida's most visible television reporters brought news to viewers around the state, he earned nearly a million dollars from the government agencies he covered.
<snip> His Tallahassee company, Mike Vasilinda Productions Inc., has earned more than $100,000 over the last four years through contracts with Gov. Jeb Bush's office, the secretary of state, the Department of Education and other government entities that are routinely part of Mr. Vasilinda's news reports. Mr. Vasilinda, a freelance journalist, was also paid to work on campaign advertisements for at least one politician and to create a promotional movie for Leon County. One of his biggest state contracts was a 1996 deal that paid nearly $900,000 to film the weekly drawing for the Florida Lottery.
Meanwhile, Mr. Vasilinda's reports continued to be shown on CNN and most Florida NBC stations.
<snip> The fact that Mr. Vasilinda works for government agencies is widely known among reporters and government officials in Tallahassee. But viewers around the state have never been told of Mr. Vasilinda's broad financial ties to state government. In fact, several television executives at Florida's NBC affiliates - stations associated with but not owned by NBC - said they were unaware of those contracts and would not comment on them until they had more information.
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Smells like another Bush Legacy...
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