Bush: our news packages legal, based on fact.(Fast Track)(George W. Bush)(Brief Article)

Broadcasting & Cable, March, 2005

President George W. Bush said Wednesday that the administration will continue to use packaged video news releases (VNRs) and it is up to stations to inform their viewers where they came from if they choose to. Bush cited a Justice Department opinion from last July, which held that such VNRs are not "covert propaganda." That opinion conflicts with one from the Government Accountability Office that said they were, but Justice is the administration's controlling legal authority.

The administration has been criticized for VNRs on health care and drug policy, among others, that feature actors posing as reporters and, without disclaimers, can be mistaken for news stories. Bush said it is up to local stations to make those disclosures. "Justice says...

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