Down the Tubes.

Since we can't seem to get off the subject of TV, let's just note that it hasn't been much of a week for federal agencies' efforts to promote themselves on the tube. First there was the news that GAO has determined that the White House violated anti-propaganda regulations by distributing "video news releases" designed to look like actual news reports. Now USA Today reports that the Education Department paid black pundit Armstrong Williams $240,000 to promote the No Child Left Behind Act on his syndicated TV show.