Posted on 07/02/2009 5:18:21 PM PDT by SolitarySaint
Politico blew the whistle this morning on a money for access scheme set up by none other than the Washington Post:
Washington Post publisher Katharine Weymouth said today she was canceling 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 access to "those powerful few" Obama administration officials, members of Congress, and even the papers own reporters and editors.WaPo hastily cancelled the event and the "journalists" at the paper even more hastily denied any involvement. If there was ever a story that showed how blurred the lines between media and government have become, this is it.The astonishing offer was detailed in a flier circulated Wednesday to a health care lobbyist, who provided it to a reporter because the lobbyist said he felt it was a conflict for the paper to charge for access to, as the flier says, its health care reporting and editorial staff."
Come to think of it, these days what else is a newspaper to do to keep the money flowing in?
(Excerpt) Read more at com-con.us ...
Oh, yeah!
Just send money.
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