It's almost getting to point where it might simply be easier to ask
columnists "Who isn't getting paid here?"
"One day after President Bush ordered his Cabinet secretaries to stop
hiring commentators to help promote administration initiatives, and one day
after the second high-profile conservative pundit was found to be on the
federal payroll, a third embarrassing hire has emerged. Salon has confirmed
that Michael McManus, a marriage advocate whose syndicated column, "Ethics
& Religion," appears in 50 newspapers, was hired as a subcontractor by the
Department of Health and Human Services to foster a Bush-approved marriage
initiative. McManus championed the plan in his columns without disclosing
to readers he was being paid to help it succeed."
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http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/01/27/mcmanus/