
“Federal agencies have been commissioning video news releases since at least the first Clinton administration […] Under the Bush administration, federal agencies appear to be producing more releases, and on a broader array of topics”
“Some reports were produced to support the administration’s most cherished policy objectives, like regime change in Iraq or Medicare reform. Others focused on less prominent matters, like the administration’s efforts to offer free after-school tutoring, its campaign to curb childhood obesity.”
Read more: Under Bush, a New Age of Prepackaged TV News (archived)
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