Federal investigators are examining whether the Bush administration broke a law that bars the government from using federal money for “publicity or propaganda purposes.” In question are a series of fake TV news segments prepared for Spanish-language TV stations that feature people posing as journalists who praise the benefits of the new Medicare law. The segments were produced by a private company for the government using scripts written by the administration. Democratic Senator Frank Lautenberg, of New Jersey said “The distribution of these videos is a covert attempt to manipulate the press.”