Bush plans to keep doing government propaganda as news

Let the viewer beware: President Bush said today that his administration's practice of sending packaged news stories to local television stations was legal and he had no plans to stop doing it. The Government Accountability Office, an arm of Congress, has deemed the packages a form of covert propaganda, and said this ran counter to appropriation laws and was a misuse of federal funds.

Bush cited a Justice Department opinion that disagreed with the GAO: "There is a Justice Department opinion that says these -- these pieces -- are within the law, so long as they're based upon facts, not advocacy," the president told a news conference.

Of course, this is the same Justice Department that says torture is okay, and if you've been watching 24 this season, you see how well that's been working.