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"The Department of Health and Human Services acknowledged Thursday that it paid a syndicated columnist at least $4,000 for work on behalf of Bush administration efforts to promote marriage."

If you're going to accept money to promote something, then you should damned well fucking admit it. Because the second you're accepting money to actively promote a certain perspective, then you are no longer a trustworthy newssource. You are biased. You are bought.

You are not a reporter. You are a lobbyist. You are a press agent. You are bought and paid for. I don't care what politics, what religion, what lifestyle you're promoting, even if it's one I agree with. If you are getting paid to promote it then you should admit to it.

No wonder why I have no faith in anything I see on the news or read in the papers anymore. And yes, I know they're just columnists, but that's not the point. How many other reporters were paid off and aren't admitting it?

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