fake news

for anyone who didn't realize the extent of the prepackaged news segments the white house used, revisit this article from the times, published on march 13, 2005. An excerpt -

...as a senior department official, Patricia Harrison, told Congress last year, the Bush administration has come to regard such "good news" segments as "powerful strategic tools" for influencing public opinion. And a review of the department's segments reveals a body of work in sync with the political objectives set forth by the White House communications team after 9/11.

I seem to remember that bush, while on his social security promotion tour, said that one reason he stumping was that a lot of people get their info from the local newscast.