There used to be a blogsite devoted to attacking pro-Administration journalists called “Media Whores Online.” It had some good material, but I thought that the title was not only vulgar but the embodiment of an unjustified accusation.
There are laws against such things. I hope some people in the Administration actually go to jail for this. I note that Williams himself isn’t entirely shameless: he admits that what he did was wrong. Good for him.
Democrats in Congress, and the media, should demand from every department a full accounting of every PR contract involving someone posing as a journalist.