Thomas Lang and Zachary Roth have done some further sleuthing into the Education Department's video news release (VNR) that featured fake "reporter" Karen Ryan and promoted the No Child Left Behind law. "It turns out that the No Child Left Behind VNR, presented as news, ran more widely than we had thought - it's just that it didn't always include Karen Ryan," they write. "A number of local stations ran the VNR as is, and added a local twist by simply having their own reporter read the script.

"Every administration has the revolving door," said former Environmental Protection Agency attorney Bruce Buckheit. "The difference is the attitude that a lot of the Bush people brought with them. ...

"Employees of a private voter registration company allege that hundreds, perhaps thousands of voters who may think they are registered will be rudely surprised on election day," reports George Knapp. "The company claims hundreds of registration forms were thrown in the trash.