(2005-03-15) — In an effort to squelch controversy over government-produced PR videos which local news stations have used without attributing the source, President George Bush today announced that federal agencies would begin sending additional faux news videos that portray administration policies in a bad light.

“We want to be fair and balanced,” said Mr. Bush in a 60-second pre-packaged video as an American flag waved in the background. “So, along with every pro-administration, pro-American video we send to a local affiliate, we’ll include an anti-administration, anti-American video of the same length.”

Mr. Bush said the new initiative would require no additional taxpayer dollars, “since we’re just going to tape the opposition stuff from existing, well-known, publicly-available sources. I’m not going to mention names, but I could give you several sets of initials.”