Armstrong Williams: I Am Not Alone by David Corn

In case you missed it, it was revealed last week that Armstrong Williams was paid $240,000 by the Department of Education to use his nationally syndicated talk show and columnist duties to promote the Bush Administration's No Child Left Behind education plan.

Melanie Sloan, of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, says the deal may be illegal since Congress has prohibited the government from funding propaganda and lobbying for its programs. Her organization is filing Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests to attempt to find out how many other members of the media may have been paid off to carry water for Bush Administration programs.

Since so many conservative pundits and bloggers continually voice their outrage about media bias, surely they will be calling on the White House and Congress to fully investigate the matter. I doubt I'll be the only one not holding my breath though.