Who was invited to attend The Washington Post Company’s “salons”? Yesterday’s press briefing provided this exchange: Q Was anyone from the White House invited to attend these Washington Post salons that were reported this morning? And what is the White House’s official policy on members of the administration doing things like this, regardless of who […]
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Washington Post and the Lobbyist-Cash Connection
The Post covers its own controversy surrounding plans to host lobbyists, journalists, and government officials (for a fee.) Even without the newsroom’s participation, the aggressively worded pitch conveys the impression that The Post is offering special interests access to administration officials and lawmakers, raising a separate set of concerns about a dubious partnership with those […]
The Washington Post’s Cash for Access Plan
The Times reports that the Post’s “salon” program to facilitate contact between lobbyists and officeholders and officials has been canceled. A flier sent to potential sponsors of the first such event, set for July 21 at the home of the publisher, Katharine Weymouth, promised off-the-record, nonconfrontational conversation with Post reporters and editors, Obama administration officials […]