Difference between revisions of "Pundit payola"
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*[[Richard N. Perle]] [http://www.forbes.com/markets/newswire/2003/12/05/rtr1171611.html] | *[[Richard N. Perle]] [http://www.forbes.com/markets/newswire/2003/12/05/rtr1171611.html] | ||
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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]", '' | + | *Nancy Benac, "[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/30/AR2005093001019.html GAO: Education Department Broke Rules]", ''Associated Press'', September 30, 2005. |
| + | *Eamon Javers, "[http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/jan2006/nf20060113_2851_db035.htm A Columnist Backed by Monsanto: Michael Fumento's failure to disclose payments to him in 1999 from the agribusiness giant have now caused Scripps Howard to sever its ties to him]," ''BusinessWeek Online'', January 13, 2006. | ||
Revision as of 22:56, 13 January 2006
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]
SourceWatch Resources
People
- Doug Bandow
- Peter J. Ferrara
- Michael Fumento of the Hudson Institute
- Richard N. Perle [2]
- Dave Smith
- Armstrong Williams
External links
- Tony Davis, "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", Associated Press, September 30, 2005.
- Eamon Javers, "A Columnist Backed by Monsanto: Michael Fumento's failure to disclose payments to him in 1999 from the agribusiness giant have now caused Scripps Howard to sever its ties to him," BusinessWeek Online, January 13, 2006.
