A House panel is calling on the U.S. Department of Labor to turn over
all records involving a half-million dollar contract funded through
President Obama’s $831 billion stimulus program that paid for more than
100 commercials on MSNBC touting a “green jobs” initiative.
The
contract with McNeely Pigott & Fox Public Relations LLC in 2009
resulted in more than 100 commercials on cable shows hosted by Rachel
Maddow and Keith Olberman to raise awareness about the Job Corps
program’s training in environmentally-friendly career areas.
But
spending reports showed that no jobs were created through the contract.
The Washington Times first reported on the contract earlier this month,
quoting one taxpayer watchdog who questioned not only the lack of jobs
but why the commercials aired only on MSNBC, considered the most liberal
of the major cable news outlets.
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