Misblog

The Washington Post dives into the corruption cesspool provoking outrage over the stench—publisher, Katharine Weymouth has since hosed the newspaper off and begun cleanup, sanitation, and disinfectant operations.

It's unclear who's responsible for launching the now discredited pay-for-chat idea¹ at the once iconic newspaper, but given the swiftness and intensity of public outrage it will likely be "a few bad pressmen on the night shift".

Web: NYT, Pay-for-Chat Plan Falls Flat at Washington Post

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1. The so-called salons would have brought reporters, policymakers, and lobbyists together for an intimate evening of beverages, food, and chat.

Individuals and entities could underwrite a single salon (usually focusing on one topic) for $25K or 11 salons for $250K (a $25K volume discount!).

Washington salons are as numerous and routine as the disguised rationale for lobbyists paying bribes to our policymakers. What hasn’t been routine is our newspapers' participation in the corrupt practice of bribing our policymakers.

It will be interesting to discover the extent of the administration’s participation, if any, in the Washington Post salons idea knowing access was being sold?