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A Timber Lobbyist Called Our Investigation "Completely Bogus." We Have the Receipts to Show It's Not. — ProPublica

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At a hearing last Tuesday, a timber lobbyist set aside his prepared remarks and told lawmakers that the investigation was “full of half-truths,” “absolutely inaccurate” and “completely bogus.”
The lobbyist, Jim James, representing the Oregon Small Woodlands Association, told lawmakers we “took a segment of an email, interpreted it for [ourselves] . and came up with some conclusions that were absolutely inaccurate.” ....

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A timber lobbyist called our investigation 'completely bogus.' We have the receipts to show it's not

A timber lobbyist called our investigation ‘completely bogus.’ We have the receipts to show it’s not
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With the Oregon Legislature taking up bills to overhaul or eliminate the Oregon Forest Resources Institute after a news investigation last August, lobbyists have repeatedly attacked the reporting as incorrect.
The institute is a quasi-governmental agency meant to promote forestry education. The joint investigation by The Oregonian/OregonLive, Oregon Public Broadcasting and ProPublica found that the institute had acted as a de facto lobbying arm of the timber industry, in some cases skirting legal constraints that forbid it from doing so. ....

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A Timber Lobbyist Called Our Investigation "Completely Bogus." We Have the Receipts to Show It's Not.

A Timber Lobbyist Called Our Investigation "Completely Bogus." We Have the Receipts to Show It's Not.
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