Published on Thursday, July 2, 2009
All The News That's Fit To Print, at 25,000 Bucks A Pop
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For those of us who have long labored for or believed in a free press, an appalling CD piece [1] about the Washington Post's new "salons" offering health care and other lobbyists the chance of "a collegial evening" with Obama officials, Congresspeople, business leaders and editors, "those powerful few" who make policy – all for a mere $25,000 a shot. I know newspapers are hurting, but must they abandon all ethical standards to survive, and if so, do we want them to?

"A people that wants to be free must arm itself with a free press" – investigative journalist George Seldes.

For those of us who have long labored for or believed in a free press, a truly appalling CD news [1] piece about the Washington Post's new "salons" offering health care and other lobbyists the chance of access via "a collegial evening" with Obama officials, Congresspeople, business leaders and editors, "those powerful few" who make policy – all for a mere $25,000 a shot. I know newspapers are hurting, but do they have to abandon all ethical standards to survive, and if so, do we want them to?

"A people that wants to be free must arm itself with a free press" – investigative journalist George Seldes.

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