Washington Post cancels lobbyist event amid uproar

The Politico by Mike Allen | Jul. 3, 2009 (Breaking News)

For $25,000 to $250,000, The Washington Post has offered lobbyists and association executives off-the-record, nonconfrontational access to "those powerful few": Obama administration officials, members of Congress, and — at first — even the paper’s own reporters and editors.

The astonishing offer was detailed in a flier circulated Wednesday to a health care lobbyist, who provided it to a reporter because the lobbyist said he felt it was a ... Full Story »

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by Dwight Rousu - Jul. 2, 2009

The report includes investigative questioning of the Post's official story. The tale of rich corporations buying news and selling viewpoints paints an unsavory view of the big corporate media.

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by Beth Wellington - Jul. 2, 2009

It has the flavor of playing gotcha w. a rival, but this piece in Politico highlights the tensions between the news and business sides of the paper. What I find most interesting is that the paper's flier promised that the Executive News Editor would be a host and discussion leader at a July 21 dinner at the home of Publisher and Chief Executive Officer Katharine Weymouth on the topic ""Health-Care Reform: Better or Worse for Americans? The reform and funding debate." The editor, ... More »

I'm w. Ta-Nehisi Coates, writing in the Atlantic, (see link) which I just read after reviewing the Politico article, "The attempt to pass this off ... More »

“Spirited? Yes. Confrontational? No. The relaxed setting in the home of Katharine Weymouth assures it. What is guaranteed is a collegial evening, with Obama ... More »

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by Stephen Pizzo - Jul. 3, 2009

Shameful. Just as the annual White House correspondents gathering are shameful. Reporters should not be cavorting with the very people they are ... More »

Disclosure: Stephen is involved in this story (review not included in overall rating).

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by Kaizar Campwala - Jul. 3, 2009

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by Samuel W. Velsor IV - Jul. 2, 2009

A true tip of an iceberg. A New "Gate" event!!

Is this a WOPO-Gate? That there was a brochure on this is outstanding, that it was not vetted. How in the world did the person(s) responsible ever ... More »

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by kazuhiro shino - Jul. 3, 2009

Article is subjective political just bunch of excuses.

Press should not prejudice the nature of attendants which should care about quality of arguments & topical prudence. Helth care issue is huge & ... More »

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Post Publisher Cancels Plans for Off-the-Record 'Salons'

Washington Post by Howard Kurtz | Jul. 2, 2009 (Breaking News)

Washington Post Publisher Katharine Weymouth today canceled plans for a series of policy dinners at her home after learning that marketing fliers offered lobbyists access to ...

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