In 2005, it was revealed that the Bush Administration had paid several right wing media figures thousands of dollars to help promote their policies.

  1. People paid
    1. Armstrong Williams
    2. Maggie Gallagher
    3. Michael McManus


People paid

Armstrong Williams

  • Received $241,000 in tax money to promote No Child Left Behind. (1)

Maggie Gallagher

  • Received $41,500 in two federal contracts from the Department of Health and Human Services to write material which spoke positively of Bush's Marriage Initiative, which redirected welfare to pay for premarital counseling and abstinence education. (2)

Michael McManus

  • Received $53,000 to also promote Bush's Marriage Initiative. (3)

(1) http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2005-01-06-williams-whitehouse_x.htm
(2) http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A36545-2005Jan25.html
(3) http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2005-01-27-hhs_x.htm

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