Republican leaders probing stimulus cash for MSNBC ads

[Chris_]

Republican leaders probing stimulus cash for MSNBC ads

Republican leaders on a House panel are requesting that the U.S. Department of Labor turn over all records involving a $495,000 contract funded through President Obama’s stimulus program that paid for a barrage of ads on White House-friendly cable programs touting its “green jobs” initiative.

The 2009 contract with McNeely Pigott & Fox Public Relations led to more than 100 commercials on cable news programs on MSNBC hosted by Rachel Maddow and Keith Olbermann to increase awareness about the Job Corps program’s training in environmentally friendly industries.

“Despite the fact that these funds were made available as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act – legislation President Obama said was critical for immediate job creation – an examination of public records show that the contract that resulted in the advertisements on MSNBC created no jobs,” the letter reads. “Upon further review of public records, we have found that DOL, since 2009, spent almost $2 million on public relations services from MP&F, resulting in the creation of one job in the last reported quarter.”

Fox News

Just a nice 'thank you' from Barry to his pals at MSNBC. 

[Bad Dog]

Based on their viewership, I'm guessing that was most of their income over the last couple of years.

[Kyle Ricky]

MSNBC is the PR wing of the DNC. So why not probe it? Shut that joke of a network down. The ratings are so bad that no one would miss it. It is pretty bad when Current has a higher rating than you.