Those of us former little girls of a certain age can remember a doll that we all had to have. She was called Chatty Cathy, and if you pulled a string in her neck, she would say things like "Please brush my hair" and "Let’s have a party! …
Read Original Story: Our Chatty Cathy Congress – TIME
I giggled all the way through today’s front-page New York Times piece on the number of House members — Dems and Reps alike — have picked up talking points from speech drafts provided by lobbyists for Genentech, and asked that the statements be put in …
Read Original Story: Congressfolk pick up lobbyists' talking points — and the press is shocked! – True/Slant
Statements put into the Congressional Record by more than a dozen House members were ghostwritten in whole or part by lobbyists working for Genentech, one of the world’s largest biotechnology firms, the New York Times reports. An example: two separate …
Read Original Story: Biotech Lobbyists Provided Grist for Lawmakers' Health Care Statements – Politics Daily (blog)
Excellent story by nyt’s Robert Pear. Statements by more than a dozen members of congress weren’t their own but were written wholly or partly by lobbyists for Genentech, the biopharm company owned by Roche. The statements were put in the Congressional …
Read Original Story: Genentech ghostwrites congressional rhetoric – Baltimore Sun
Genentech and its parent, Roche (RHHBY.PK), paid lobbyists nearly $15 million in 2008 and 2009 as they urged congressmen to support the biotech industry’s interests in the healthcare bill and other legislation. …
Read Original Story: What Genentech and Roche Got From Congress for $15M – BNET
“One of the reasons I have long supported the US biotechnology industry is that it is a homegrown success story that has been an engine of job creation in this country.” This written statement by Rep. Joe Wilson of South Carolina on the health care …
Read Original Story: In House, Many Spoke With One Voice: Lobbyists' – New York Times
(ChattahBox)—The New York Times today, has taken notice of dozens of remarkable similarities in statements read into the official House record during the debate of the historical passage of the health reform bill. Coincidence? Apparently not. …
Read Original Story: Health Care Lobbyists Caught Ghostwriting for Lawmakers – ChattahBox
The New York Times has learned that Genetech, a subsidiary of the Swiss drugmaker Roche, was able to get an estimated 42 House members from both sides of the aisle to use their exact talking points, written by their lobbyist, Matthew L. Berzok, …
Read Original Story: Reps Recited Same Lobbyist's Script in House Health Care Debate – New York Magazine
