Armstrong might be in a tad bit of trouble with the FCC now too. And even Arlen Specter is jumping on him. Once you read the story, use the links below to file an FCC complaint against Armstrong Williams:
Leaders of a Senate committee have asked the Education Department to turn over records of recent years' public relations contracts, while reminding the education secretary of a federal ban on "propaganda."....FCC Action Alert!!!
Separately, a Democratic member of the Federal Communications Commission called Thursday for his agency to investigate whether Williams broke the law by failing to disclose that the Bush administration paid him $240,000 to plug its education policies.
Williams, who has apologized for a mistake in judgment, said he had broken no law.
In the same contract as the Armstrong arrangement, the Education Department paid the public relations firm Ketchum for a video that promoted the law and appeared as a news story without making clear the reporter was hired as part of the deal....
"Given our jurisdiction over the funds involved, we would appreciate your careful review of the contract with Ketchum and the payment made to Mr. Williams," said Sens. Arlen Specter, R-Pa., and Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, in a letter to Education Secretary Rod Paige....
They also asked Paige for a list of any grant, contract or arrangement of public money being used "for public relations or anything similar to the purpose of the Ketchum contract" from the 2002, 2003 and 2004 budget years.
Meanwhile, at an FCC meeting Thursday, Commissioner Jonathan Adelstein said the agency had received about a dozen complaints concerning the Williams arrangement.
"I certainly hope the FCC will take action and fully investigate whether any laws have been broken," Adelstein said.
Send an email to fccinfo@fcc.gov and demand that they launch an immiediate investigation to determine if any laws were broken Armstrong Williams failed to disclose that the Bush administration paid him $240,000 to plug its education policies.
To date, the FCC says it's only had 12 complaints. Let's change that. :-)
