When I lived in DC, we referred to the WaPo as the WaPoop. On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 9:09 AM, jgg1000a <[email protected]> wrote:
> > And if Obama allows ANY administration offical to dine with a > Washington Post employee he will void any claim to Lobbyist reform... > Obama should publicly condemn this... And it is one further nail in > the Old Medias Objectivity credibility... > > http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0709/24441.html > > >>> 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." > > The offer — which essentially turns a news organization into a > facilitator for private lobbyist-official encounters — is a new sign > of the lengths to which news organizations will go to find revenue at > a time when most newspapers are struggling for survival. > > And it's a turn of the times that a lobbyist is scolding The > Washington Post for its ethical practices. > > http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0709/24441.html#ixzz0K6wtV6Hp&D > > > > -- *~@):~{> --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
