Deep lobbying is a term used to describe the manipulation of think tanks -- and, increasingly, journalists -- by corporate interests to create what's called an "advocacy impact."

Glassman is a financial columnist for The Washington Post, a fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, and "host" of TechCentralStation.com. "Meet the Press: How James Glassman Reinvented Journalism -- As Lobbying," written by Monthly co-editor Nicholas Confessore, reveals the connections between positions Glassman has taken in his columns and on his Web site and the positions of his financial benefactors. The article is located at http://www.washingtonmonthly.com and is linked to at http://www.TomPaine.com.

The ad goes on to say that corporate-backed "think tanks" are not completely new to Washington, mentioning examples of the UPS-backed Economic Strategy Institute that opposes foreign competition in the express-mail market; the Microsoft-backed Alexis de Tocqueville Institute that says open source code for software is a threat to national security; and the tobacco-backed Competitive Enterprise Institute that advises Americans to "light up, giving a filter- tipped finger, as it were, to a health-obsessed government."

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