>From FOX news: WaPoop's chief poopster said this is a public relations disaster and has been canceled.
On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 1:07 PM, Travis <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
