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Unearthing the Political Pundit Prostitutes. Is it possible? |
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Written by by Anna Haynes
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Sunday, 04 March 2007 |
Why hasn't more payola punditry been uncovered?
Armstrong Williams said "there are others", but only a couple of other payola pundits have been unearthed. Is this because nobody's been looking, or because they're securely hidden?
Posted: 2007-02-06
How could one go looking, productively, for payola pundits, or is the effort doomed?
If the government is paying a PR agency which itself is paying the pundits, does this protect the pundits from exposure? (does FOIA allow us to find out _who_ the PR agency is paying, to fulfill its PR contract with the feds?)
And is there any logical reason why newspapers wouldn't be following Andrew Cline's recommendation that they require their columnists to answer the question "Who pays you, and what do they pay you for?", and disclosing the answer?
http://www.ojr.org/ojr/discussion/49/
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