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THE ISSUE | Revelations that the Bush administration used taxpayer money to promote its agenda on news shows. OUR OPINION | These tactics are reprehensible and threaten the freedom of the press guaranteed in the Constitution. The term "state-run media" is normally associated with nations that control and censor its media outlets such as China and North Korea. Hopefully that term will not apply to outlets in the United States, but recent actions by the Bush administration should make all of us stand up and take notice Last week, it was revealed that the Education Department paid commentator Armstrong...

Memo to Editorial WritersMonday, March 22 @ 20:15:01 Secretary Paige sent this memo to editorial writers on March 11, 2004 To: Editorial Writers From: U.S. Secretary of Education Rod Paige Re: No Child Left Behind Implementation No Child Left Behind (NCLB) has been in the news a great deal in recent weeks. Our country has undertaken an important new course in terms of its commitment to educate every child, regardless of skin color, spoken accent or zip code. Educating close to 50 million children in a big, complex nation like the United States is bound to be a dynamic...