Politico and the Washington Post Have Become Virtual "Escort Services" for Moneyed Elites

[marmar]

via AlterNet:




Politico and the Washington Post Have Become Virtual "Escort Services" for Moneyed Elites

Raw Story. Posted July 17, 2009.

More and more mainstream media are brokering cozy relationships between politicians and lobbyists.



The various elite Washington news organizations that have become caught up in the so-called "pay-for-play” or "salon” scandal have now commenced a circular firing squad of sorts -- in an effort to distance themselves from their peers whose conduct they are trying to paint as worse than their own.

That was evident as the editor-in-chief of the Politico called the Washington Post an "escort service” in response to allegations that it also had too cozy relationships with politicians and lobbyists.

It was Politico that originally broke the story of the Washington Post’s attempt to raise money with "salons” at the home of its publisher.

As Ken Silverstein first disclosed on Harper’s website Tuesday, "Politico itself is hardly virginal when it comes to the wall between reporting and chasing revenue.” .........(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.alternet.org/media/141361/politico_and_the_washington_post_have_become_virtual_%22escort_services%22_for_moneyed_elites/

[Kahuna]

1. Old news. nt

[marmar]

2. Old news, but this particular story was just posted, n'est-ce pas?

[Kahuna]

3. I wasn't trying to diminish the importance of your post. I'm just stating

the obvious. It IS old news. That's why we refer to it as the M$M.

[Wednesdays]

4. K&R

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