[Lmo56]

At least the Wa Po Ombudsman is tking themm to the wood shed ...

[Lmo56]

taking them - that is ... dumb fat fingers !!!

[highlander_UW]

Is someone suggesting that Obama’s propaganda machine shouldn't be selling access to his administration? /s

[ZOOKER]

WaPo: "We have special access to legislators and administrators, not available to private citizens, that we will sell for $25K a night."

Now who would find a Moral or Ethical problem with that?

[Steely Tom]

It wasn’t an “ethical lapse” of any proportions.

It was a case of getting so drunk on a belief of that final arrival in Otopia that you forgot to conceil your agenda from the little people. That’s all.

Your god in the white house is drinking the same potion, and will encounter the same outcome, soon enough.

[YHAOS]

The Wa Poo had ambitions to be the supreme influence peddler and DC power broker, but their chief of morals said they couldn’t be so blatantly obvious about it.

[lilylangtree]

Oh dear! Does this hurt WaPo as the leading mouth for the RAT party? My oh my, Katharine Weymouth won’t be the elite DC hostess with the mostess.

[Albion Wilde]

...others inside and outside the newsroom were aware that sponsored events would involve news personnel in off-the-record settings, although they lacked details. Several now say they didn't speak up because they assumed top managers would eventually ensure that traditional ethics boundaries would not be breached.

And what traditional ethics boundaries would those be?

Truly, to use any of the words "traditional", "ethics" or "boundaries" in any sentence concerning today's news/opinion journalists, much less in the same sentence, is

laughable in the extreme!

[Albion Wilde]

Neither Weymouth nor Brauchli can recall anyone raising concerns, although both say they wish someone had. They were all aboard a fast-moving vehicle that, over a period of months, roared through ethics stop signs and plowed into a brick wall.

Is this from Onion? Who wrote this -- Conan O'Brien? Puleeeeeeze. "Somebody stop me -- I'm doin' it in spite of myself! Help! Poor me!"

Just like Governor Sanford. Wonder if the coverage will be at all comparable? BWAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!

[Albion Wilde]

A key player in the controversy is Charles Pelton, who joined the company May 18 as general manager of a new Washington Post Conferences & Events business.

Felt, Pelton, what the hellton....

[Albion Wilde]

The Post has internal "Standards and Ethics" guidelines that stress the importance of newsroom neutrality.

The first line says: "This newspaper is pledged to avoid conflict of interest or the appearance of conflict of interest, wherever and whenever possible." Later, it states the newspaper "is committed to disclosing to its readers the sources of the information in its stories to the maximum possible extent."

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAH! This article is just one belly laugh after another! I can hardly get though it! In fact, this guy's nose has grown all the way out here to Baltimore County, Maryland, where it is tickling my ribs!

[Albion Wilde]

"I wish I had the perspective I now have of understanding how people would perceive an event like this," said Weymouth. "I didn't perceive it. It's my responsibility." Weymouth, a Harvard College and Stanford Law School graduate, joined the Post in 1996 and has held several positions, none in the newsroom. She is the granddaughter of the late Katharine Graham, the legendary Post publisher, and is the niece of Post Co. chief executive Donald E. Graham.

Let's see:
Harvard, check.
Stanford, check.
Law School, check.
Nepotism involving a long-time power-playing DC family, check.

A perfect DC résumé.

[Albion Wilde]

As of late this week, only two Post readers cited the controversy as a reason for canceling their subscription. Only about 50 readers had written critical letters to the editor, about half the number The Post typically receives on a controversial topic.

Liberal journalism success formula:

* Dumb down the public with misinformation and distortion; label it "objective" and "unbiased."
* Pay yourselves extremely well; live in one of the most expensive cities in the world; hang out at trendy restaurants and private homes with only your own kind.
* Sneer at middle-class people, especially if one of them runs for office.
* Sneer at conservatives generally, and conservative news sources in particular.
* Blame tanking sales on bloggers in pajamas, casting them as beneath you in intelligence.
* Cite the public's ignorance of your ethical lapses to imply that, really, nobody cares if you did something wrong.