By Genaro C Armas in the Associated Press:
"Federal Communications Commission Chairman Michael Powell ordered an investigation yesterday into whether conservative commentator Armstrong Williams broke the law by failing to disclose he was paid by the Bush administration to plug the president's education agenda.
The investigation relates to provisions that require disclosure of such arrangements, Powell said in a brief statement.
The announcement came as FCC officials said thousands of complaints regarding Williams had come into the agency. No precise number was available yesterday. Free Press, a media reform advocacy group, had said it was forwarding more than 12,000 complaints to the FCC."
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