Cash-For-Coverage Alleged at NY Post (AP)

[Eugene]

Source: Associated Press

Cash-For-Coverage Alleged at NY Post

The Associated Press
Saturday, May 19, 2007; 10:02 PM

NEW YORK -- Strippers! Sex acts! Illicit gifts!

A typical day for the New York Post's salacious Page Six _ except this
time, the bold-faced names in the widely read gossip column included
the paper's owner, its editor and the editor of the column itself.

Post editor Col Allan, according to a one-time Post employee, received
sexual favors from the dancers at a well known Manhattan strip club.
Owner Rupert Murdoch spiked stories that were bad for his business
ventures, the ex-employee alleges.

And longtime Page Six honcho Richard Johnson accepted a cash gift
from a Manhattan restaurateur for a favorable mention _ typical, the
fired worker claims, of an operation where graft and freebies flowed
freely.

The Post acknowledged the last charge was partially true. It said
Johnson received a "Christmas gift" of $1,000 cash in 1997. He was
confessed the gift to Allan and was reprimanded, the paper said.
It did not say when Johnson came forward to Allan, who did not take
over the Post until 2001.

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Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/19/AR2007051900971.html

[maddezmom]

1. Strippers! Sex acts! Illicit gifts!

Conservative Values again :D