2018 - Checks and Balances Project

Phillip Zweig Disrupts Health Policy Forum on Root Causes of Drug Shortages

2018-12-7

“It’s about money,” Declares Physicians Against Drug Shortages’s “Pro Bono” Executive Director Philip Zweig — But Whose Money?

Physicians Against Drug Shortages Get a Pass from 16 Media Outlets in Our Survey

2018-11-16

If they had asked, they may have learned that Physicians Against Drug Shortages Executive Director Philip Zweig has been employed by and has direct financial ties to medical device manufacturing companies.

Financial Disclosure Guidelines Aren’t Offered by Media that Publish Op-Eds by Physicians Group

2018-11-9

Doctors and others affiliated with Physicians Against Drug Shortages certainly have a right to present their point of view. But are media outlets doing enough to allow readers to evaluate the veracity of op-eds, guest columnists, media pundits and quoted “experts”?

Inconvenient Questions Tour Rolls into House Speaker Moore’s Home Town

2018-11-6

Last month, we presented our analysis of Tim Moore’s invoices as part-time County Attorney to Cleveland County Manager Brian Epley, who pledged to look into the matter “quickly.” But three weeks later, there’s been no response. So, we decided to take our questions directly to the citizens of the county.

Cleveland County Exec Promises Review of Tim Moore’s Questionable Billing But Silence Follows

2018-11-1

Questions Grow About Tim Moore’s Taxpayer-Funded Government Checks Totaling $604,319 Over Three Years.

Are Financial Ties Between Pundits & Medical Industry Ignored by Media?

2018-10-30

Quotes by Physicians Against Drug Shortages spokespersons and op-ed bios by its members provide little in the way of details about the group. In a couple opinion pieces, PADS members describe themselves as executive director or co-chairs of a “pro bono patient advocacy group.”

De Blasio Admin: Monopoly Citi Bike Contract Records Won’t Be Provided Until May 2019

2018-10-26

Mayor’s Open Government Grading System Would Likely Give His Administration Failing Grade for Unusually Long Response Time

Coal-Backed Anti-Wind Guru Barrels into Ohio’s Seneca County to Attack Wind Energy

2018-10-25

Kevon Martis positions himself as a volunteer who travels the country educating local communities. “I am not paid by the fossil fuel companies to fight wind,” Martis declared, but admitted that his expenses are covered.

North Carolina Speaker Tim Moore Paid $275,000 In 3 Years as Part-Time Cleveland County Attorney

2018-10-18

In Cleveland County, where the annual per capita income is $20,677, Tim Moore’s part-time job as County Attorney was paid $275,172.50 over three years or an average of $91,724 a year.