Ford Madox Brown paintings

Ford Madox Brown paintings
Federico Andreotti paintings
third federal agency has admitted it paid a journalist to write favorable stories about its work.Documents released by the Agriculture Department show it paid a freelance writer $9,375 in 2003 to "research and write articles for hunting and fishing magazines describing the benefits of NRCS (Natural Resources Conservation Service) programs."Three articles by the writer, Dave Smith, appeared late last year in two magazines aimed at hunting and fishing enthusiasts: Outdoor Oklahoma, published by that state's Department of Wildlife Conservation, and Washington-Oregon Game & Fish, published by Primedia.Neither identified Smith as having been paid by the government. The stories focused on how money from a 2002 agricultural subsidy help preserve wetlands that hunting and fishing enthusiasts enjoy in Oklahoma and the Northwest.The contract came to light in response to Freedom of Information Act requests from USA TODAY and other media. The department posted the contract on its Web site (www.usda.gov). The admission follows revelations this year that:The Education Department paid conservative commentator Armstrong Williams $240,000 to help promote its No