Early this morning Politico reported that the Washington Post was offering healthcare lobbyists access to members of the Obama administration, Congress, and Washington Post editorial staff for fees ranging from US$25,000-US$250,000. The Politico report has been updated and the original story is gone.
In the early afternoon, Post staff writer Howard Kurtz wrote that the paper’s publisher, Katharine Weymouth, cancelled the series of “salons” scheduled to take place in her home. “This should never have happened,” Weymouth told Kurtz. “The fliers got out and weren’t vetted. They didn’t represent at all what we were attempting to do. We’re not going to do any dinners that would impugn the integrity of the newsroom.”
Sorry, but the fact that the fliers were distributed to DC lobbyists already impugns the integrity of the Washington Post. It’s not like you can put that particular tootpaste back in the tube.
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