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Lobbyists are paid to present a preferred opinion, pretty much by definition. If someone is a registered lobbyist then their opinion should be held with great s
by starbeast 8y ago
Lobbyists are paid to present a preferred opinion, pretty much by definition. If someone is a registered lobbyist then their opinion should be held with great suspicion when it is anything to do with the subject that they lobby on.
- ThomPete 8y agoRegistered to present their own opinion. Your understanding of what lobbyism is is primitive to say the least.
- baybal2 8y ago> Registered to present their own opinion. You don't have to register as a registered lobbyist in USA to present your own opinion. You have to register as a registered lobbyist to represent somebody's else opinion.
- starbeast 8y agoThe vast majority of registered lobbyists in the USA are paid professionals, usually from the legal field. Several major law companies run large lobbyist for hire departments. Now Michael Shellenberger may be one of the pro-bono lobbyists (admittedly I haven't yet found out either way), but this would put him in the minority of registered lobbyists in the USA. I will note that he was at one point a paid lobbyist for Hugo Chavez. Was he presenting his own opinion then?