Putz and TCS

I was struck by this passage in Jon Chait's new TNR column:

[James Glassman's] most recent venture was running Tech Central Station, a "think tank" owned by a lobbying firm whose clients would find their views taken up in purportedly independent op-eds written by Glassman and his minions. (This arrangement, also innovative and also not entirely ethical, was aptly dubbed "journo- lobbying" by Nicholas Confessore in a 2003 Washington Monthly exposé.)

I always thought TCS was a fishy operation, but it's still surprising that Putz, as a contributing editor, is quite literally bought and paid for by lobbyists.