NPR Crowdsources ID of lobbyists at congressional health care hearing

Re:NPR Crowdsources ID of lobbyists at congressional health ... by tptacek on Thursday June 25, 2009 @01:41PM (#674093)

I think NPR has just captured a moment in time where they can pull something like this off. If the idea of catching lobbyists in the crowds has any impact, lobbyists will just stop attending hearings.

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Re:NPR Crowdsources ID of lobbyists at congressional health ... by pg on Thursday June 25, 2009 @02:05PM (#674125)

I wonder. Lobbyists presumably don't go to hearings just to waste their time. So it would probably decrease their power if they couldn't watch hearings live.

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Re:NPR Crowdsources ID of lobbyists at congressional health ... by evgen on Thursday June 25, 2009 @02:20PM (#674142)

None of the people identified so far are "players" in the game, just low-level staffers who were sent to take notes and show the flag. The real lobbyists do not go to hearings, they make phone calls and do lunch and social events. To place this in a context that people here might understand, if these photos had been taken at a random internet conference then you would be seeing associates or EIRs of a VC firm and not general partners.

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