Today's Washington Post flashes back to the mid-1990s with opinion pieces by Haley Barbour and Newt Gingrich:

Gingrich's piece attacks Democratic health care proposals -- no surprise there -- while identifying Gingrich as “the founder of the Center for Health Transformation.” But the Post left out an important fact: the Center for Health Transformation is funded by insurance companies, as Media Matters has detailed:

Gingrich's Center for Health Transformation receives annual membership fees from insurance groups. According to the center's website, members pay tiered annual membership fees, providing varying degrees of "[a]ccess to Newt Gingrich on your company's strategy," among other benefits. Insurance groups UnitedHealth Group -- the parent of UnitedHealthcare -- and WellPoint Inc. are listed as “Charter” members; BlueCross BlueShield Association is listed as a “Platinum” member; and the industry's trade association, America's Health Insurance Plans, is listed as a “Premier” member.

UPDATE: in his column today, Washington Post media critic Howard Kurtz quotes Glenn Greenwald taking the New York Times to task for running an op-ed by Lara M. Dadkhah without disclosing that she works for Booz Allen, a defense contractor that could benefit from Dadkhah's policy proposals. What are the chances that tomorrow Kurtz will note the Washington Post's decision to run a piece by Newt Gingrich attacking Democratic health care reform proposals without noting that he runs an organization funded by insurance companies? One percent? Two? Remember, Kurtz insists he is as “aggressive” toward The Washington Post as he is towards news organizations -- like, say, the New York Times -- that don't pay his salary.