Why the Government Maybe Shouldn't Hand out Journalism Awards

Matt Welch | October 19, 2004

According to this L.A. Times editorial, the Education Department paid the PR firm Ketchum around $100,000 to

conduct a survey rating media stories about the No Child Left Behind Act. Articles were ranked by how frequently and favorably they mentioned the law, and got extra credit for fawning on the Bush administration and the Republican Party.

You'll never guess who won an award!