Th e issue here is that folks in power (at the WP and in the administration) thought it was a good idea
On Jul 2, 3:31 pm, Frederick The Moderate <[email protected]> wrote: > UNREAL. Did they think no one would find out about this? idiots. > > On Jul 2, 7:09 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. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
