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Like Stephen Colbert, but Without the Jokes

Somehwere, Edward Bernays is smiling.

Through the magic of early Web posting, you can read Frank Rich's Sunday column today on the increasingly disturbing Jeff Gannon scandal. Rich quotes sources claiming that the White House would have to have been complicit in allowing a fake reporter for a fake Republican news outlet into official press briefings where he could ask fake questions. Gannon-gate comes after the Government Accountability Office declared that a series of fake news reports on Medicare produced last year crossed the line into illegal propaganda.

Looks like Karl Rove has caught on to the DIY "make your own media" revolution!