So, we sort of glazed over this story this morning because we were so inundated with Jessica Simpson, Lindsay Lohan, and Jessica Joffe. Plus, we thought it was common knowledge that most reporters were paid by the government. (Kidding, Observers, kidding!)

We'll cut to the chase. 10 Miami reporters who were being paid upwards of $100,000 by the U.S. government (where the fuck are we? Russia?) have been exposed by the good side. Among those who were willing to sell their soul and obviously missed that J-Schoo ethics class include "veteran reporters" from El Nuevo Herald, the Spanish-language subsidiary of the Miami Herald, along with various radio reporters.

The "journalists" (pictured below) were paid thousands by the White House over "several years" to carry out the duty of undermining Cuba's communist government under Fidel Castro. To the Spanish people so they would vote Republican …. we assume.

Those who were paid the most were veteran reporters and a freelance contributor for El Nuevo Herald, the Spanish-language newspaper published by the corporate parent of The Miami Herald.

So maybe those "amateur reporters" also known as "bloggers" don't look so bad now, eh? We never take money from anyone. We ony accept drinks and sexual favors and such things you can't keep receipts for … and we rarely reciprocate the gesture.

10 Miami journalists take U.S. pay [Oscar Corral, Miami Herald]
Related: Ten Miami Journalists in Uncle Sam's Pocket [Gawker]