{"id":3534,"date":"2009-07-02T09:16:02","date_gmt":"2009-07-02T09:16:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zmetro.com\/?p=3534"},"modified":"2009-07-02T09:16:02","modified_gmt":"2009-07-02T09:16:02","slug":"washington_post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/?p=3534","title":{"rendered":"Washington Post Sells Access to Lobbyists"},"content":{"rendered":"

Politico<\/a>: <\/p>\n

For $25,000 to $250,000, The Washington Post is offering lobbyists and association executives off-the-record, nonconfrontational access to “those powerful few” \u2014 Obama administration officials, members of Congress, and the paper\u2019s own reporters and editors.


\nThe 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\u2019s a conflict for the paper to charge for access to, as the flier says, its \u201chealth care reporting and editorial staff.”


\nThe offer \u2014 which essentially turns a news organization into a facilitator for private lobbyist-official encounters \u2014 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.


\nAnd it’s a turn of the times that a lobbyist is scolding The Washington Post for its ethical practices.


\n“Underwriting Opportunity: An evening with the right people can alter the debate,” says the one-page flier. “Underwrite and participate in this intimate and exclusive Washington Post Salon, an off-the-record dinner and discussion at the home of CEO and Publisher Katharine Weymouth. … Bring your organization\u2019s CEO or executive director literally to the table. Interact with key Obama administration and congressional leaders \u2026


\n\u201cSpirited? Yes. Confrontational? No. The relaxed setting in the home of Katharine Weymouth assures it. What is guaranteed is a collegial evening, with Obama administration officials, Congress members, business leaders, advocacy leaders and other select minds typically on the guest list of 20 or less. \u2026
\n


\nRead more: http:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/stories\/0709\/24441.html#ixzz0K6yNKyHp&C<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Related: Helen Thomas<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Politico<\/a>: <\/p>\n

For $25,000 to $250,000, The Washington Post is offering lobbyists and association executives off-the-record, nonconfrontational access to “those powerful few” \u2014 Obama administration officials, members of Congress, and the paper\u2019s own reporters and editors.


\nThe 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\u2019s a conflict for the paper to charge for access to, as the flier says, its \u201chealth care reporting and editorial staff.”


\nThe offer \u2014 which essentially turns a news organization into a facilitator for private lobbyist-official encounters \u2014 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.


\nAnd it’s a turn of the times that a lobbyist is scolding The Washington Post for its ethical practices.


\n“Underwriting Opportunity: An evening with the right people can alter the debate,” says the one-page flier. “Underwrite and participate in this intimate and exclusive Washington Post Salon, an off-the-record dinner and discussion at the home of CEO and Publisher Katharine Weymouth. … Bring your organization\u2019s CEO or executive director literally to the table. Interact with key Obama administration and congressional leaders \u2026


\n\u201cSpirited? Yes. Confrontational? No. The relaxed setting in the home of Katharine Weymouth assures it. What is guaranteed is a collegial evening, with Obama administration officials, Congress members, business leaders, advocacy leaders and other select minds typically on the guest list of 20 or less. \u2026
\n


\nRead more: http:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/stories\/0709\/24441.html#ixzz0K6yNKyHp&C<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Related: Helen Thomas<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37,21,39,33,23,9,17],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3534"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3534"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3534\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3534"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3534"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3534"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}