headline #3.... propaganda-gate update

Third Columnist Implicated with Payola Charges: "NEW YORK Michael McManus, whose syndicated column, 'Ethics & Religion,' appears in 50 newspapers, was hired as a subcontractor by the Department of Health and Human Services to promote an administration marriage initiative, according to an article posted yesterday by Salon.com, the online magazine.

Senior writer Eric Boehlert wrote that Salon had confirmed that McManus ?championed the plan in his columns without disclosing to readers he was being paid to help it succeed.? "