EPA hired right-leaning media firm to compile its 'year in review'
BY MIRANDA GREEN - 03/09/18 03:54 PM EST
The Environmental Protection Agency paid a media group that largely works with Republicans thousands of dollars to compile the agency's annual "year in review" report, according to public financial documents.
Go Big Media, a right-leaning digital consulting and advertising firm, was paid $6,500 by the EPA in February to create the report, E&E News first reported. One of the company's previous clients include Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, when he ran for Congress in Montana.
The company's founder, Philip Stutts, also regularly appears as a commentator on Fox News, according to Go Big Media's website. EPA spokesman Jahan Wilcox confirmed the contract, highlighting that it was the cheapest option.
“We had two options: one vendor was $29,140 and the other was $6,500, but ultimately this document was made in-house. This pales in comparison to the previous administration that paid $570,000 to a Democratic campaign manager’s PR firm to run EPA’s What’s Upstream campaign," Wilcox said in a statement.
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