LawMedia Group
LawMedia Group -- also referred to as LMG -- is a secretive Washington DC public affairs firm.
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Ghost-written op/eds
The firm has been associated with several ghost-written opinion columns. In July 2008, LMG was linked to an op-ed criticizing a bill that would reduce credit card fees, which was attributed to Charles Steele Jr., the president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC). The column -- which neither Steele nor his office authorized -- complains that the bill "would boost the profits of Wal-Mart," an SCLC sponsor. Steele's attorney blamed "the K Street public relations shop LMG" for the mix-up. LMG admitted that it had "reached out through its contractors" to send "advocacy materials" to the SCLC and "urged the group to go public with opposition to the bill." Among LMG's clients is the Electronic Payments Coalition, a group of credit card and financial companies that opposes the legislation. The SCLC investigated and concluded that "the wrong draft of the op-ed" had been sent to papers. "The correct draft should not have referenced Wal-Mart or Home Depot," another SCLC sponsor. [1]
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LMG
1717 Rhode Island Ave, NW, Suite 650
Washington, DC 20036
Phone: 202-785-2100
Fax: 202-785-2611
Website: http://www.lawmedia.net/
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- ↑ Jeffrey H. Birnbaum, "The Man Behind the Byline Isn't Behind the Article. So, Who Is?," Washington Post, July 29, 2008.
