A New Age of "Fake News"

No, I'm not talking about Weekend Update or The Daily Show, but rather government-driven propaganda pumped to the masses by the Bush Administration. Listen to a recent "On Point" for more:
http://www.onpointradio.org/shows/2005/03/20050317_a_main.asp

Often, this propaganda comes in the form of "video news releases," or VNRs. According to The Center for Media and Democracy's Executive Director, John Stauber, "The use of VNRs amounts to systematic deception of viewers, both by the hidden interested parties behind them, and by news organizations with impure motives themselves."
http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Video_news_releases

I would encourage you all to sign this petition to "stop news fraud," at freepress.net:
http://www.freepress.net/action/petition.php?n=fakenews