Last week, Politico reported that the Washington Post had planned to put on an exclusive off-the-record “salon” at the home of its publisher, where corporate lobbyists would pay as much as $250,000 to gain access to Post reporters and editors, as well as Obama administration officials and members of Congress. The news provoked an outcry in DC journalism circles — the Post‘s own ombudsman called it “pretty close to a public relations disaster” — and the the event was quickly canceled.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=141010