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2009-07-02 Fifth Column

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Posted by Beavis 2009-07-02 11:56|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 We know you are whores. Now we know the price.

Posted by ed 2009-07-02 13:58|| 2009-07-02 13:58|| Front Page Top

#2 As of about 15 minutes ago, the WaPo cancelled the event.

Posted by Lord garth 2009-07-02 14:50|| 2009-07-02 14:50|| Front Page Top

#3 Washington Post Executive Editor Marcus Brauchli contacted staff today over POLITICO's report on a flier that offered lobbyists access to Obama administration officials and staffers in exchange for large sums of money $25,000 to $250,000.

Brauchli, in a memo obtained by POLITICO, told staff that the paper "will not participate in events where promises are made ... in exchange for money." He noted that "the language in the flyer and the description of the event preclude our participation."

Colleagues,

A flyer was distributed this week offering an underwriting opportunity for a dinner on health-care reform, in which the news department had been asked to participate.

The language in the flyer and the description of the event preclude our participation.

We will not participate in events where promises are made that in exchange for money The Post will offer access to newsroom personnel or will refrain from confrontational questioning. Our independence from advertisers or sponsors is inviolable.

There is a long tradition of news organizations hosting conferences and events, and we believe The Post, including the newsroom, can do these things in ways that are consistent with our values.

Marcus

Posted by tu3031 2009-07-02 15:01|| 2009-07-02 15:01|| Front Page Top

#4 Doesn't matter if the newsroom "knew" or not. The PUBLISHER AND CEO was hosting this IN HER HOME.

Game. Set. Match.

The part I like best is that it was a lobbyist as sold them out. Too sleezy even for them.

Posted by Seafarious 2009-07-02 17:00|| 2009-07-02 17:00|| Front Page Top

#5 "As always, should you or any of your I. M. Force be caught or killed, the Secretary will disavow any knowledge of your actions."

Posted by Procopius2k 2009-07-02 17:40|| 2009-07-02 17:40|| Front Page Top

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