Third columnist caught shilling for the Bush Administration - Salon.com

Salon.com News | Third columnist caught with hand in the Bush till

Jan. 27, 2005 | And three makes a trend.

"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."

More to come...(and these are just the ones dumb enough to be caught or not already on the CIA's under the table payroll (See Mockingbird below)