Armstrong Williams: Ben Carson's business manager? WTF does that mean???
First thing, the more Ben Carson speaks each day, the more I am convinced he is off his rocker, to put it politely. I don't care what he did as a doctor in the past, bless his heart for that work he did. But what comes out of his mouth these days is fucking gibberish. Its not just I disagree with his views, of course I do. But what gets me are the WORDS he is stringing together, its just really weird stuff. And that freaking giggle he has after he make some horrible reference is......CREEPY...
Secondly, his business manager is Armstrong Williams??? The same scum who was secretly paid $240,000 to promote "No Child Left Behind" during Shrub's push for that program... Who appeared on countless NEWS PROGRAMS spouting his BS whilst never mentioning he was getting PAID to do so...
Strom Thurmond was Armstrong's MENTOR!!!
http://www.gq.com/story/armstrong-williams-ben-carson-manager
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armstrong_Williams
In January 2005, USA Today reported that documents obtained under the Freedom of Information Act revealed that Williams had been paid $240,000 to promote the controversial No Child Left Behind Act. USA Today claimed Williams was hired "to promote the law on his nationally syndicated television show and to urge other black journalists to do the same".[13]
As part of the agreement, Williams was required "to regularly comment on NCLB during the course of his broadcasts," and to interview Education Secretary Rod Paige for TV and radio spots that aired during the show in 2004".[14] The contract with Williams was part of a $1 million contract between the U.S. Department of Education and the public relations company, Ketchum Inc.
Melanie Sloan from Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington told USA Today that the contract may be illegal "because Congress has prohibited propaganda ... [A]nd it's propaganda". United States Representative George Miller (D-CA), a member of the House Education Committee, called the contract "a very questionable use of taxpayers' money" that is "probably illegal".[15]
After the USA Today revelations, Tribune Media Services terminated its syndication agreement with Williams. In a statement to Editor & Publisher (not available on its website), TMS stated: "[A]ccepting compensation in any form from an entity that serves as a subject of his weekly newspaper columns creates, at the very least, the appearance of a conflict of interest. Under these circumstances, readers may well ask themselves if the views expressed in his columns are his own, or whether they have been purchased by a third party".[16] Williams told the Associated Press "even though I'm not a journalist — I'm a commentator — I feel I should be held to the media ethics standard. My judgment was not the best. I wouldn't do it again, and I learned from it."[1
Nice one "Doc"...
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