Op-Eds for Sale

"A senior fellow at the Cato Institute resigned from the libertarian think tank on Dec. 15 after admitting that he had accepted payments from indicted Washington lobbyist Jack Abramoff for writing op-ed articles favorable to the positions of some of Abramoff's clients. Doug Bandow, who writes a syndicated column for Copley News Service, told BusinessWeek Online that he had accepted money from Abramoff for writing between 12 and 24 articles over a period of years, beginning in the mid '90s."

It just never ends. This is why you must always form your own opinions, based on just the facts (if you can get them), and not to simply mimic some commentators'. You hear about the war for the hearts and minds of the people of Iraq, but there's been one being waged in your own media, against you and your best interests.