The Rittenhouse Review

A Philadelphia Journal of Politics, Finance, Ethics, and Culture


Saturday, March 26, 2005  

THE NEWS IN BRIEF
Sometimes That’s All It Takes

You know, even a big news story can be covered effectively in a very small item, as, for example, the Philadelphia Inquirer did today in the paper’s “News in Brief” section, the second story of which reads, in full:

GAO says it will probe propaganda complaints: The Government Accountability Office will look into whether the Bush administration violated any federal laws banning the use of public money for publicity or propaganda when it paid columnist Maggie Gallagher to help promote a marriage initiative. In a letter Thursday to Sens. Edward M. Kennedy (D., Mass.) and Frank Lautenberg (D., N.J.), who had requested the inquiry, the GAO said it would investigate the matter. [Ed.: Links added.]

Then again, the standards by which the Bush administration are judged are pretty damned low anyway.

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