Ted Rall for February 14, 2005
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Are you loud? Opinionated? Republican? Earn big bucks as a government-funded journalist. Remember the bad old days? The media was liberal- but not how it counts! (Man 1: Come on, senator- I chatted up your anti-poverty bill like you wanted.) (Man 2: Treat yourself to a water.) Here's how we do it nowadays: Bush paid him $241,000 for TV plugs! Armstrong Williams: Why would an articulate black pundit pimp a racist like Bush? For the payola, duh!) Michael McManus: One sector of the economy is booming: propaganda! Thanks, George!) Bush paid him $59,000 for columns! Maggie Gallagher (No one believes that right-wing crap, why would anyone hate the poor? That's why the government pays for it-to promote democracy!)