Government Management of the news
For a while our only source of fake news was Jon Stewart on The Daily Show but the federal government got into the fake news business as well.
-In recent years, a number of fake news reports, paid for by the government, have appeared on television touting the virtues of government schemes from the prescription drug program to airport safety to education programs. They were being produced by the very same governmental departments that produced the policies in question. When such reports were aired there was no criticism of the stories and no mention that they were from the governmental departments.
This practice provides material for stations that cannot afford to produce a full plate of news themselves, which includes many stations across the country. Unfortunately, many viewers accept as news what is essentially official propaganda.
-In recent years, a number of fake news reports, paid for by the government, have appeared on television touting the virtues of government schemes from the prescription drug program to airport safety to education programs. They were being produced by the very same governmental departments that produced the policies in question. When such reports were aired there was no criticism of the stories and no mention that they were from the governmental departments.
This practice provides material for stations that cannot afford to produce a full plate of news themselves, which includes many stations across the country. Unfortunately, many viewers accept as news what is essentially official propaganda.