http://www.j-bradford-delong.net/movable_type/2003_archives/002756.html Nick Confessore writes that every Tech Central Station article should carry a little note at the bottom saying, "paid lobbyist advertisement." "Meet the Press" by Nicholas Confessore: ...Nowhere is this more apparent than on TCS, where Glassman and his colleagues have weighed in on everything from which telecommunications technologies should be the most heavily regulated to whether Microsoft is a threat to other software companies. But TCS doesn't just act like a lobbying shop. It's actually published by one--the DCI Group, a prominent Washington "public affairs" firm specializing in P.R., lobbying, and so-called "Astroturf" organizing, generally on behalf of corporations, GOP politicians, and the occasional third-world despot. The two organizations share most of the same owners, some staff, and even the same suite of offices in downtown Washington, a block off K Street. As it happens, many of DCI's clients are also "sponsors" of the site it houses. TCS not only runs the sponsors' banner ads; its contributors aggressively defend those firms' policy positions, on TCS and elsewhere... UPDATE: Joshua Micah Marshall writes: Talking Points Memo: by Joshua Micah Marshall: November 16, 2003 - November 22, 2003 Archives: For years, the trendsetter in Astroturf has been DCI. And a couple en-us http://mentalspace.ranters.net/quiggin/archives/001378.html This lengthy piece by Nicholas Confessore, (link via Brad de Long) gives plenty of insight into the operations of James Glassman's Tech Central Station, which is among other things, a leading purveyor of global warming contrarianism. In essence, the si... http://mentalspace.ranters.net/quiggin/archives/001378.html This lengthy piece by Nicholas Confessore, (link via Brad de Long) gives plenty of insight into the operations of James Glassman's Tech Central Station, which is among other things, a leading purveyor of global warming contrarianism. In essence, the si... http://www.pejmanesque.com/archives/005006.html Because apparently, that's what I do as a contributing writer to Tech Central Station, according to Nick Confessore. I hate to break it to Confessore, but I've never been told what to write, and I've never written articles in order... http://www.corante.com/bottomline/archives/000663.html Why did Kevin Martin break ranks with Michael Powell on the issue of whether the Baby Bells should be forced to lease their wires to other companies at government-mandated rates? Washington Monthly's Nicholas Confessore thinks he has the answer. He... http://www.corante.com/bottomline/archives/000663.html Why did Kevin Martin break ranks with Michael Powell on the issue of whether the Baby Bells should be forced to lease their wires to other companies at government-mandated rates? Washington Monthly's Nicholas Confessore thinks he has the answer. He... http://www.pejmanesque.com/archives/005006.html Because apparently, that's what I do as a contributing writer to Tech Central Station, according to Nick Confessore. I hate to break it to Confessore, but I've never been told what to write, and I've never written articles in order... http://www.pejmanesque.com/archives/005006.html Because apparently, that's what I do as a contributing writer to Tech Central Station, according to Nick Confessore. I hate to break it to Confessore, but I've never been told what to write, and I've never written articles in order... http://www.pejmanesque.com/archives/005006.html Because apparently, that's what I do as a contributing writer to Tech Central Station, according to Nick Confessore. I hate to break it to Confessore, but I've never been told what to write, and I've never written articles in order... http://www.pejmanesque.com/archives/005006.html Because apparently, that's what I do as a contributing writer to Tech Central Station, according to Nick Confessore. I hate to break it to Confessore, but I've never been told what to write, and I've never written articles in order... http://WWW.THEPOORMAN.NET/archives/002201.html Josh Marshall points to this "shocking" article by Nick Confessore which alleges to show that TechCentralStation, source of beer money...