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Washington Post cancels lobbyist event amid uproar
Politico ^ | July 3, 2009 | MIKE ALLEN & MICHAEL CALDERONE |

Posted on 07/03/2009 10:55:11 AM PDT by Bokababe

Kris Coratti, communications director of Washington Post Media, a division of The Washington Post Company, said the flier “came out of a business division for conferences and events, and the newsroom was unaware of such communication. It went out before it was properly vetted, and this draft does not represent what the company’s vision for these dinners are, which is meant to be an independent, policy-oriented event for newsmakers....

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Government
KEYWORDS: mediawhores; press; washintonpost
The WP openly peddling influence and access to White House staffers at $250K a night.
1 posted on 07/03/2009 10:55:12 AM PDT by Bokababe
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To: Bokababe

Should have let them go ahead with it... and sprinkle the Audience with FBI... and arrest the whole damn bunch.


2 posted on 07/03/2009 10:56:42 AM PDT by gwilhelm56 (Orwell's 1984 - To Conservatives, a WARNING - to Liberals, a TEXTBOOK!)
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To: Bokababe

Official denials are flowing in abundance...


3 posted on 07/03/2009 11:15:40 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks
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To: Bokababe

“The Post should be leading these conversations in Washington, big or small, while maintaining journalistic integrity.”

Journalistic integrity.....hahahahahahahahahahahaha. Too funny. These people slay me.


4 posted on 07/03/2009 11:28:43 AM PDT by Smokeyblue
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Could somebody explain to me why there isn’t an effort underway to find out what the Obama administration knew about these events, at which access to THEM would be sold? it’s certainly appropriate to punish or at least mock people at the WaPo. But it can’t be that they had these brochures printed up without first talking to people inside the administration about whether those people — to whom access was actually being sold— would actually show up. Shouldn’t THOSE people get in a way lot of trouble?


5 posted on 07/03/2009 12:23:25 PM PDT by JOHN ADAMS
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To: Bokababe

I’m not surprised they did it and I’m not surprised they got caught. But why in the world did they cancel? Do they actually think they’ll look less biased now?


6 posted on 07/03/2009 1:09:07 PM PDT by Oldpuppymax (AGENDA OF THE LEFT EXPOSED)
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To: Bokababe

“The flier promised the dinner would be held in an intimate setting with no unseemly conflict between participants.”

The Newpaper’s revenue stream is brokering deals “in an intimate setting with no unseemly conflict between participants.”? Does everybody want to be a crooked a$$ community organizer these days?

“She made it clear however, that The Post, which lost $19.5 million in the first quarter, sees bringing together Washington figures as a future revenue source. “We do believe that there is a viable way to expand our expertise into live conferences and events that simply enhances what we do - cover Washington for Washingtonians and those interested in Washington,” she said.”

They will maintain that death grip on bias as to takes them to damnation.


7 posted on 07/03/2009 2:19:28 PM PDT by Fitzy_888 ("ownership society")
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