Not a good thing
Mike Allen reports:
For $25,000 to $250,000, The Washington Post is offering lobbyists and association executives off-the-record, nonconfrontational access to "those powerful few" — Obama administration officials, members of Congress, and the paper’s own reporters and editors.
The astonishing offer is detailed in a flier circulated Wednesday to a health care lobbyist, who provided it to a reporter because the lobbyist said he feels it’s a conflict for the paper to charge for access to, as the flier says, its “health care reporting and editorial staff."
Comments
Maybe The Sun should pimp out the transvestites that hover around Calvert and Centre, or get in the crack cocaine business. I'd hate to see them miss out on the gravy. Hey, if The Post is whoring itself out....
Posted by: Biff Tubesock | July 2, 2009 11:04 AM
Maybe The Sun should pimp out the transvestites that hover around Calvert and Centre, or get in the crack cocaine business. I'd hate to see them miss out on the gravy. Hey, if The Post is whoring itself out....
Posted by: Biff Tubesock | July 2, 2009 11:04 AM
This is beyond amazing. It flies in the face of propriety and ethical behavior. If true, doesn't this call for a criminal investigation?? Shame, shame, shame on the Washington Post!
Posted by: Bill | July 2, 2009 11:29 AM
So this is what they meant by all that talk about "new business models" for the newspaper business!
Posted by: Dave Zeiler | July 2, 2009 5:10 PM