03 July 2009

WashPost Publisher's "Pay For Chat" Salon Scheme Falls Flat.

What nerve!

What tone deafness!

What stupidity!

Not to mention...just downright...whoring yourself... and your people out!

I'm writing about the Washington Post's new publisher, Katharine Weymouth, and her attempt to raise money by selling lobbyists access to a salon at her home with government officials... for $25,000 each.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/03/business/media/03post.html?_r=1&ref=todayspaper