http://www.alternet.org/columnists/story/21606/
You’re used to hearing television reporters give their signature tag lines: “In Washington, I’m Karen Ryan reporting.” “This is Jennifer Morrow reporting.” “I’m Pat O’Leary reporting.”
But these days, you can’t know if your news presenter is a reporter … or a ringer. Karen Ryan, for example, is a veteran of the government’s propaganda machine, having posed as a “reporter” for fake news segments produced and distributed by seven federal agencies in the past two years. Ryan is really a PR consultant, who candidly calls herself a “paid shill for the Bush administration.”
Likewise, Jennifer Morrow is a fake