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*"[http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001054953 Dept. of Education Releases Report on Payola Controversy]", ''Editor & Publisher'', September 06, 2005. | *"[http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001054953 Dept. of Education Releases Report on Payola Controversy]", ''Editor & Publisher'', September 06, 2005. | ||
*Greg Toppo, "[http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2005-09-05-education-probe_x.htm?POE=NEWISVA Report: Education Dept.'s PR funds need oversight]", ''USA Today'', September 9, 2005. | *Greg Toppo, "[http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2005-09-05-education-probe_x.htm?POE=NEWISVA Report: Education Dept.'s PR funds need oversight]", ''USA Today'', September 9, 2005. | ||
| + | *Nancy Benac, "[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/30/AR2005093001019.html GAO: Education Department Broke Rules]", ''Washington Post'', September 30, 2005. (This is an Associated Press story). | ||
Revision as of 08:34, 1 October 2005
Pundit payola is a catch phrase to describe the practice of paying commentators and news pundits to promote points of view, programs or ideologies determined by the sponsors. U.S. conservative commentator Armstrong Williams exemplified this when he received money from the U.S. Department of Education to promote the controversial No Child Left Behind Act.
Other U.S. conservative commentators caught in the pundit payola limelight include Maggie Gallagher and Michael McManus.
While journalists doubling as a public relations agent is one way to garner favourable media coverage, other strategies are also used in an attempt to court journalists. In June 2005 Hyundai's Australian boss, Bong Gou Lee, announced a special offering for Australian motoring journalists attending a prelaunch preview of the Sonata. "Half price for journalists, tonight only." A number of journalists provided Hyundai staff with their preferred models and colours.[1]
Other SourceWatch Resources
External links
- Tony Davis, "[http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/perks-of-the-job-a-halfprice-car/2005/06/20/1119250928016.html
Perks of the job: a half-price car]", Sydney Morning Herald, June 21, 2005.
- "Dept. of Education Releases Report on Payola Controversy", Editor & Publisher, September 06, 2005.
- Greg Toppo, "Report: Education Dept.'s PR funds need oversight", USA Today, September 9, 2005.
- Nancy Benac, "GAO: Education Department Broke Rules", Washington Post, September 30, 2005. (This is an Associated Press story).
