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Washington Post cancels lobbyist event amid uproar
Politico ^
| 7/2/09
| Mike Allen
Posted on 07/02/2009 11:09:17 AM PDT by Nachum
Washington Post Publisher and Chief Executive Officer Katharine Weymouth said today she was cancelling plans for an exclusive "salon" at her home where, for as much as $250,000, the Post offered lobbyists and association executives off-the-record, nonconfrontational access to "those powerful few": Obama administration officials, members of Congress, and even the paper’s own reporters and editors.
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; US: District of Columbia
KEYWORDS: access; cancels; ethics; lobbyist; lobbyists; mikeallen; newspapers; post; washington; weymouth; wp
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posted on
07/02/2009 11:09:18 AM PDT
by
Nachum
To: SumProVita; HardStarboard; BradyLS; Ernest_at_the_Beach; dervish; Twotone; Free ThinkerNY; ...
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posted on
07/02/2009 11:09:36 AM PDT
by
Nachum
(The complete Obama list at www.nachumlist.com)
To: Nachum
To: Eric in the Ozarks
How sweet. I would LOVE for somebody at the next White House press conference to ask Gibbs or Obama how much they took in. :)
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posted on
07/02/2009 11:11:16 AM PDT
by
Nachum
(The complete Obama list at www.nachumlist.com)
To: Eric in the Ozarks
Do they even know what ethical behavior means?
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posted on
07/02/2009 11:13:27 AM PDT
by
STARWISE
(The Art & Science Institute of Chicago Politics NE Div: now open at the White House)
To: Nachum
Beware the government-media complex!
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posted on
07/02/2009 11:13:28 AM PDT
by
jpl
(Help us Obambi Wan Kenobi, you're our only dope.)
To: Eric in the Ozarks
Salon,fancy word for whorehouse!
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posted on
07/02/2009 11:13:32 AM PDT
by
Dr. Ursus
To: Nachum
The WaPo has been in the tank for the Dems for a long time...it’s now coming into the open because they need to make money from their contacts.
Not a surprise.
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posted on
07/02/2009 11:13:33 AM PDT
by
kjo
To: Nachum
It’s not about the money................/s
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posted on
07/02/2009 11:13:57 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Inquiring minds want to know, but American Idol minds could care less...)
To: pepsionice
>> Do they even know what ethical behavior means?
In Liberal Newspeak, “ethical behavior” is “whatever I can get away with”.
There is no right or wrong. Only what feels good and furthers my goals.
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posted on
07/02/2009 11:14:55 AM PDT
by
Nervous Tick
(Stop dissing drunken sailors! At least they spend their OWN money.)
To: Red Badger
>> It’s not about the money................/s
Of course not!
It’s about the “change”.
And the bearer bonds. And direct deposit technology.
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posted on
07/02/2009 11:16:12 AM PDT
by
Nervous Tick
(Stop dissing drunken sailors! At least they spend their OWN money.)
To: Nachum
The masks are off - The industrial strength kneepads are on.
This is the industry that needs a real “Fairness Doctrine.”
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posted on
07/02/2009 11:17:11 AM PDT
by
Iron Munro
(Obama as President is like hiring a mechanic who never saw a car before.)
To: Nachum
they will still do it, but in a more discreet manor now
To: Nachum
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posted on
07/02/2009 11:17:53 AM PDT
by
LALALAW
(one of the asses whose sick of our "ruling" classes)
To: Nachum
Maybe Helen Thomas would ask the question...
To: Nachum
Mike Allen once worked for the WP. He sure got them back for letting him go with his reporting on this one. He really exposed them big time.
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posted on
07/02/2009 11:24:51 AM PDT
by
HokieMom
(Pacepa : Can the U.S. afford a president who can't recognize anti-Americanism?)
To: Eric in the Ozarks
In many ways it is a sad day when we are relying on Helen Thomas to make the White House a semi-respectable place again.
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posted on
07/02/2009 11:25:52 AM PDT
by
rod1
To: HokieMom
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posted on
07/02/2009 11:25:52 AM PDT
by
Nachum
(The complete Obama list at www.nachumlist.com)
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