Overt Propaganda Under Bush:
[I]n three separate opinions in the past year, the [G.A.O.] . . . has held that government-made news segments may constitute improper “covert propaganda” even if their origin is made clear to the television stations. . . . [Last] Friday, the Justice Department and the Office of Management and Budget circulated a memorandum instructing all executive branch agencies to ignore the G.A.O. findings.