Newt Gingrich, former Speaker of the House and failed candidate for the Republican Presidential nomination contender, has skillfully used the media to keep his name in the public's mind—just in case.
On July 1, the Wall Street Journal provided valuable op-ed space for Gingrich, allowing him to hammer away at the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau, which was brought to life by Massachusetts's liberal firebrand Senator Lizzie Warren, the anti-Newster.
Gingrich railed away at the consumer watchdog, blistering it as "another huge, secretive and unaccountable government bureaucracy" that "exists for the purpose of limiting Americans' freedom."
The WSJ editor gleefully headlined Newt's diatribe as "A Government Snoop That Puts the NSA to Shame."
A triumphant Gingrich apparently sallied on, looking for more dragons to slay.
"Not so fast, Newt," responded the lefty media watchdog, Media Matters for America, which went through its pile of old WSJs and found a report last year about Gingrich being hired as an "paid adviser" to the US Consumer Coalition, arch-foe of CFPB.
That July 2014 Journal story was headlined "Gingrich is Serving as a Paid Adviser to the US Consumer Coalition," and reported placing op-ed among his duties. The WSJ helped Newt deliver the goods.
There's nothing wrong with Gingrich representing the USCC. But should the Journal have mentioned his financial interest in his July 1 attack on the CFPB? Of course, it should have. It's shoddy journalism not to have done so. Unless???
The Journal tried to do the right thing on July 7, adding an "amplification" to Gingrich's online piece.
It reads: Newt Gingrich is a paid adviser to Wise Public Affairs, whose clients include the US Consumer Coalition, which opposes some policies of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
The amplification -- though a week late -- removes much of the sting from Gingrich's piece by exposing him as a shill for the USCC.
One thing for sure: Newt makes noise.
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