<![CDATA[No PR Firm Left Behind – Center for Media and Democracy:
In the continuing saga of taxpayer money used to champion Bush administration policies, the Palm Beach Post reports, “A Florida State University center has used more than a half-million in education tax dollars to put a positive spin on President Bush’s key school policies, including hiring a public relations firm to teach charter schools to be more media-savvy.” As part of a 5-year, $1.2 million No Child Left Behind Act grant, FSU’s School Choice Center is using federal money to “make parents aware of all choice programs….
It’s even more troubling that an educational institution, presumably a bastion of rigorous intellectual honesty, is taking payola to manufacture propaganda for the Bush Administration.]]>