From Pajama Boy to Green Ninja, the Government’s PR Spending Operates in Dark

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Heritage Foundation:

U.S. government spending on public relation campaigns, including NASA’s Green Ninja videos on global warming and the Pajama Boy ads for Obamacare, should raise serious questions about fiscal responsibility and where to draw the line between appropriate communication and propaganda.

 

The government spent about $1 billion annually on advertising and public relations from 2006 to 2015, according to a Government Accountability Office report on such federal spending.

 

The largest government agencies spent the most, with the departments of Defense and Health and Human Services making up the majority of PR expenditures.