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Post sets things right on "access" events

By: Timothy P. Carney
Examiner Columnist
07/02/09 11:56 AM EDT

Regarding the Politico- and Drudge-induced furor about the Washington Post apparently selling lobbyists access to both reporters and Obama administration officials, the letter from Managing Editor Marcus Brauchli and this post by media columnist Howard Kurtz sets things straight. Looks like a pretty bad misstep by someone in the Post's corporate offices.




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