"Paid Iraq Stories Concern White House" (AP)

On Wednesday, the LA Times broke the story of the $5 million dollar contract gifted by the Pentagon to the shadowy Lincoln Group to plant fabricated or hastily plagiarized articles glorifying the American occupation in the Iraqi media. This is apparently a subject of some concern to the White House, and for good reason - why pay good money for what you get for free here at home? I mean, is it a bad sign that some hack in Falluja charges more for his services than Pulitzer prize winning American journalists?