Reply #14: ok

[wyldwolf]

Mercado (an somewhat unfortunate name) is one of 14 lobbyists comprising Ogilvy Government Relations. Ogilvy have 24 registered clients of which Blackstone ishardly prominent. And private equity is only one of Blackstone's businesses.

How, exactly, does the disprove the article's statement that he is a top executive at the lobbying firm retained by the Blackstone Group? You just admitted Mercado is a lobbyist. The article says so, to. You just admitted Blackstone is a client of the lobbying firm Mercado is employed by. So did the article. The (supposed) fact that Blackstone is "hardly prominent" and that "private equity is only one of Blackstone's businesses" does not in any way alter the fact that Mercado is a registered lobbyist for a firm that counts Blackstone as a client.

You're trying to minimize the importance of it (though you haven't made that case with evidence) but you have in no way showed the piece is "factually incorrect or wildly slanted."