New Video from ConsumerWatchdogWatch.com: Consumer Watchdog - Or Special Interest Lapdog?
SACRAMENTO, Calif., March 8, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- A new video that exposes the operations of ConsumerWatchdog.org was released today by ConsumerWatchdogWatch.com.
Titled "Consumer Watchdog - Or Special Interest Lapdog?," the 60-second video details a variety of facts about the group including: payments from special interest groups and companies; excessive salaries for the organization's founder, Harvey Rosenfield, and information on how the group collects more than $1 million in "intervenor" fees annually from the California Department of Insurance.
"More Californians need to know the truth about ConsumerWatchdog.org - how, unlike any other consumer group, they opposed President Obama's health care plan as well as state efforts to provide health insurance to children, and how they profit from self-serving provisions they have put into state law," said Steven Maviglio of ConsumerWatchdogWatch.com. "This video sheds some light on their operations since they refuse to disclose the funders that pay them to do their dirty work."
The video joins a website that houses public documents available on ConsumerWatchdog.org. These documents from the California Attorney General's Office, Department of Insurance, and Secretary of State's Office show that the "nonprofit" group pays its founder in excess of $600,000 annually, engages in significant political activity, and accepts special interest money.