{"id":2406453,"date":"2025-02-25T11:56:02","date_gmt":"2025-02-25T16:56:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nyt-blasts-dr-oz-over-financial-disclosure-but-not-granholm\/"},"modified":"2025-02-25T11:59:35","modified_gmt":"2025-02-25T16:59:35","slug":"nyt-blasts-dr-oz-over-financial-disclosure-but-not-granholm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nyt-blasts-dr-oz-over-financial-disclosure-but-not-granholm\/","title":{"rendered":"NYT Blasts Dr. Oz Over Financial Disclosure, But Not Granholm"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnyt-blasts-dr-oz-over-financial-disclosure-but-not-granholm%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2406453&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article discusses the different media treatment\u200d of Dr. Mehmet \u2062Oz and former Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm concerning their financial conflicts of interest. It highlights that Oz, as the nominee to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, is facing scrutiny from the New York \u2063Times regarding his financial ties to\u2064 healthcare companies. The Times has published articles revealing his lucrative history as a promoter \u200bof dietary supplements and potential conflicts due to his investments in companies that would be regulated by his department.<\/p>\n<p>In contrast, \u2062Granholm, who had a similar situation with her investments in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/left-wing-media-watchdog-defends-jennifer-granholms-wealth-after-helping-her-become-a-millionaire\/\" title=\"Left-Wing Media Watchdog Defends ...\u2019s Wealth After Helping Her Become a Millionaire\">electric vehicle company<\/a> Proterra, received substantially less <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pediatric-gender-clinics-scrub-their-websites-amidst-criticism-of-gender-related-treatments\/\" title=\"Pediatric Gender Clinics Scrub Their Websites Amidst Criticism Of Gender-Related Treatments\">critical media attention<\/a>. The analysis indicates that while she pledged to divest from Proterra, she was granted twice the time to do so compared \u200cto \u2063Oz&#8217;s timeline.\u200d The article points out\u200b that \u2062Granholm&#8217;s financial interests and her connections to Proterra raised ethical concerns, especially as President \u200bBiden promoted the \u200bcompany while she still held substantial stock options. Ultimately, Proterra declared bankruptcy in 2023 after receiving government\u200d subsidies, \u200bfurther complicating the\u2063 narrative around Granholm&#8217;s financial dealings. The piece critiques the media&#8217;s disparity in coverage, suggesting a bias in how conflicts of\u200b interest are reported for different political figures.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Former President Joe Biden&rsquo;s energy secretary, Jennifer Granholm, received twice as much time to divest from conflicting companies before her tenure in the administration as Dr. Mehmet Oz, but the press coverage of Oz is far less generous.<\/p>\n<p>The New York Times published two stories this month raising alarm about the celebrity doctor&rsquo;s financial interests as he is poised to take charge of the nation&rsquo;s Medicare and Medicaid programs. The most recent story out Monday chronicles, &ldquo;How His Millions Collide With Medicare.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;An examination by The Times of his myriad financial interests revealed not only opaque ties with the industries he may soon regulate but also a coziness with health care companies that lawmakers have already highlighted in questioning his independence,&rdquo; the Times reported. <\/p>\n<p>The paper referenced a recent financial disclosure filed by the Pennsylvania physician in the run-up to a Senate confirmation hearing for his nomination as administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). The hearing has yet to be scheduled, but the New York Times is giving Democrat senators ammunition to frame Oz, a long-time host of daytime television and failed Republican Senate candidate, as a snake oil salesman eager to exploit his regulatory role for record profit.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;He has made tens of millions of <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">dollars hawking dietary supplements<\/a> on his show and on social media, often without any mention of his financial interest. He has been paid by medical device firms and health-related ventures, and his money was invested in a dizzying array of businesses,&rdquo; said the Times. &ldquo;Many of those companies would be affected by any decisions he would make in the government post and many already benefit from agency funding.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>In his financial disclosure completed last week, however, Oz filed the standard pledge to divest from the myriad firms mentioned by the New York Times as a potential conflict. The CMS nominee listed the online supplement company, iHerb, first on the form with a promise to divest his holdings within 90 days of confirmation. But ethics &ldquo;experts&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/02\/24\/health\/dr-oz-medicare-finances-conflicts.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">quoted<\/a> by the Times argued language in the document, &ldquo;held open the possibility that even once he is at the helm of the agency, Dr. Oz might retain some iHerb stock until the company goes public or is bought.&rdquo; <\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, a Federalist analysis of the <a href=\"https:\/\/extapps2.oge.gov\/201\/Presiden.nsf\/PAS+Index\/33162796E5379257852586610031846A\/%24FILE\/Granholm%2C%20Jennifer%20M.%20%20finalEA.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">financial disclosure<\/a> filed by recent Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm reveals the former Biden official&rsquo;s pledge of divestment from the electric vehicle company, Proterra, was nearly identical. Except Granholm, whose holdings in Proterra became a scandal for the administration, gave herself 180 days, or twice as long, to leave her stock in the company. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The Rip van Winkles at the New York Times have a lot to catch up on after their four-year nap,&rdquo; said Michael Chamberlain, the director of the ethics watchdog Protect the Public&rsquo;s Trust. &ldquo;Biden Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm had similar financial interests in 2021, among them her status as a board member of the electric vehicle component manufacturer Proterra until her confirmation.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Chamberlain told The Federalist that Granholm, &ldquo;still held more than $1 million in Proterra stock options when President Biden and other administration officials promoted the company during a tour of its Greenville, SC plant.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Yet, the Times claims this provision in Dr. Oz&rsquo;s agreement is &lsquo;murky,&#8217;&rdquo; Chamberlain told The Federalist. &ldquo;To this day, the same newspaper, according to both Google and its own website, hasn&rsquo;t seen fit to mention Ms. Granholm and Proterra in the same article.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The House Oversight Committee <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/biden-administration\/house-oversight-committee-investigating-granholms-green-energy-investments\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">opened<\/a> an investigation into Granholm&rsquo;s Proterra investments while the company was likely to rake in millions from the administration&rsquo;s energy programs. President Biden personally promoted the company as his energy secretary still held lucrative shares of Proterra stock, in a glaring conflict of interest <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/energy\/biden-said-ev-maker-proterra-was-getting-us-in-the-game-it-just-declared-bankruptcy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reported<\/a> by the Washington Free Beacon.<\/p>\n<p>Proterra <a href=\"https:\/\/californiaglobe.com\/fl\/california-based-electric-bus-company-proterra-stuns-with-bankruptcy-filing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">declared<\/a> chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2023 after receiving millions in state subsidies. <\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>      Tristan Justice is a national correspondent for The Federalist and the co-author of &#8220;Fat and Unhappy: How &#8216;Body Positivity&#8217; Is Killing Us (and How to Save Yourself).&#8221; He has also written for The Washington Examiner and The Daily Signal. His work has also been featured in Real Clear Politics and Fox News. Tristan graduated from George Washington University where he majored in political science and minored in journalism. Follow him on Twitter at @JusticeTristan or contact him at Tristan@thefederalist.com. Sign up for Tristan&#8217;s email newsletter <a href=\"https:\/\/socialjusticeredux.substack.com\/about\">here<\/a>. Buy &#8220;Fat and Unhappy&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sz7EDAJI1c\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jennifer Granholm had more time to divest than Dr. Oz, yet Oz faces harsher media scrutiny<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":494,"featured_media":2406454,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Dr-Oz.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[51057,51058,51060,51059,36975],"class_list":["post-2406453","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-droz","tag-financialdisclosure","tag-granholm-2","tag-nytimes","tag-politicalaccountability"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Dr-Oz.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2406453","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/494"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2406453"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2406453\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2406457,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2406453\/revisions\/2406457"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2406454"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2406453"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2406453"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2406453"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}