Melissa Joskow / Media Matters CNN political commentator Scott Jennings attacked the Green New Deal because it would allegedly hurt the energy and agriculture sectors. But CNN and Jennings didn’t disclose that his public relations company has represented clients in both industries, including a power company, petroleum supplier association, and farm bureau. Jennings is a Republican consultant who is a co-founder and partner of RunSwitch, a public relations firm that describes its employees as "experts on issues that impact government regulated industries.” RunSwitch was recently in the news because Covington Catholic student Nick Sandmann’s family hired the firm “to offer professional counsel” after a video of the teenager and Native American activist Nathan Phillips went viral. During the February 13 edition of CNN’s Cuomo Prime Time, Jennings heavily criticized the Green New Deal, a nonbinding resolution proposed by Rep.
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