Drugs

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sonable broadcaster" to mistake the videos for independent news reports.

But the G.A.O. said the drug policy office "made it impossible for the targeted viewing audience to ascertain that these stories were produced by the government."

Federal law prohibits the use of federal money for "publicity or propaganda purposes" not authorized by Congress. The accountability office has found that federal agencies violated this restriction when they distributed editorials and newspaper articles written by government officials without identifying them.

The accountability office said the administration's misuse of federal money "also constitutes a violation of the Antideficiency Act," which prohibits spending in excess of appropriations.

-- MAP Posted-by: Richard Lake

Pubdate: Fri, 07 Jan 2005
Source: New York Times (NY)
Copyright: 2005 The New York Times Company
Contact: letters@nytimes.com
Website: http://www.nytimes.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/298
Author: John Files
Cited: Government Accountability Office http://www.gao.gov/
Cited: Office of National Drug Control Policy http://www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov
Referenced: the GAO report http://www.gao.gov/decisions/appro/303495.htm
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Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/campaign.htm (ONDCP Media Campaign)
Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/topics/propaganda (Propaganda)
Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/corrupt.htm (Corruption - United States)
URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v05.n030.a02.html














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