http://ruralpopulist.org/2005/06/22/your-tax-dollars-at-work/ Rural News and Views Fri, 10 Sep 2010 20:16:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 http://ruralpopulist.org/2005/06/22/your-tax-dollars-at-work/#comment-12 Sat, 25 Jun 2005 16:38:24 +0000 http://ruralpopulist.org/2005/06/22/your-tax-dollars-at-work/#comment-12 I have been hearing these USDA reports for many years, long before Bush started paying Armstrong Williams. It would be more honest if the reporter said "I am Brenda Curtis, speaking for the USDA" rather than "reporting for the USDA." That use of the word reporting does make it sound like a freelance reporter. But usually these clips are not such controversial stories as CAFTA, so it doesn't matter that we are really hearing a recorded press release. I have been hearing these USDA reports for many years, long before Bush started paying Armstrong Williams. It would be more honest if the reporter said “I am Brenda Curtis, speaking for the USDA” rather than “reporting for the USDA.” That use of the word reporting does make it sound like a freelance reporter. But usually these clips are not such controversial stories as CAFTA, so it doesn’t matter that we are really hearing a recorded press release.

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