Posted on 11/10/2014 4:13:48 PM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
The New York Times has an editor's note today:
"On July 12, the Op-Ed page published an article by Jonathan Gruber, a professor of economics at M.I.T., on health insurance and taxation. On Friday, Professor Gruber confirmed reports that he is a paid consultant to the Department of Health and Human Services, and that his contract was in effect when he published his article. The article did not disclose this relationship to readers.
"Like other writers for the Op-Ed page, Professor Gruber signed a contract that obligated him to tell editors of such a relationship".
In November this blog, too, cited Gruber's work with no disclosure (and no knowledge) that he had nearly $400,000 in lucrative contracts with the Department of Health and Human Services.
Gruber has been a go-to voice for reporters seeking a respected academic view on health care reform costs.
A Dec. 28, 2009 Washington Post op-ed by Gruber made no such disclosure.
Gruber's New England Journal of Medicine story, it's that he's been so frequently cited by members of the media as an expert — reporters who didn't know the Obama administration was paying Gruber nearly $400,000.
Such as Ron Brownstein's influential piece on health care reform in the Atlantic. Democratic senators such as John Kerry continue to push his work, likely just as oblivious as the rest of us as to Gruber's HHS contract.
(Excerpt) Read more at abcnews.go.com ...
Gruber in his own words: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G790p0LcgbI
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MIT needs to be notified that this professor was being paid from an external source while employed at MIT, and that this creates the appearance of impropriety, that is, issue advocacy instead of objectivity.
This suggests potential conflict of interest, and the school as a minimum needs to have a thorough investigation of this professor’s activities.
Ethics for thee, not for me!
Timothy Geithner ‘discovering’ that he owed taxes on IMF employment but attributes the failing to error in TurboTax.
Disclosure of paid flackery is a common requirement but it may turn out that only non-liberals will be held to account for failure to disclose. If Gruber is dismissed from further columns, I’ll be astonished!
"I'm EXEMPT, you stupid ignorant suckers."
> MIT needs to be notified that this professor was being paid from an external source while employed at MIT
He’d be applauded for bringing in research money. That’s the way it works there. Matter of fact, it would look bad if he wasn’t doing outside work - keeps em current you know.
Be proud democrats. Your “experts” think you’re stupid and you keep proving them to be correct.
After all, how wide a margin of victory did Nancy (We have to pass it to see what’s in it) Pelosi win by?
Following the rules is for the peasants. Gruber is so much smarter than the stupid citizens that he mocks in that ObamaCare video that he can do as he pleases on his fat pay checks.
Here is Jonathan Gruber, who got $400K as an Obamacare architect, contradicting himself on the Halbig (subsidies for ObamaCare enrollees) decision.
It begins with a clip of him lying on the Chris Matthews show Hardball.
Next there are clips with Gruber lecturing, this time using the truth, at a conference.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbD5iQQS5KA
It’s a minute thirty seconds
The LIE is the weapon used most often by the criminal/progressive/socialist/totalitarian/anti-truth SCUMBAG. An ace-of-spades in one of the multiple decks of domestic enemies cards.
ESAD Gruber.
Great video of this parasite. Thanks.
He had to lie to the stupid MSM so he could lie to the stupid people.
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