Washington Post officials are scrambling to explain themselves after Politico chief political correspondent and former Washington Post reporter Mike Allen revealed that the organization was offering lobbyists access to key officials of the Obama administration.
“Underwrite and participate in this intimate and exclusive Washington Post Salon, an off-the-record dinner and discussion at the home of CEO and Publisher Katharine Weymouth. … Bring your organization’s CEO or executive director literally to the table. Interact with key Obama administration and congressional leaders.”
A source recently e-mailed a copy of what appears to be the original flier distributed to top lobbyists in Washington.
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“Spirited? Yes. Confrontational? No,” the flier states. “The relaxed setting in the home of Katharine Weymouth assures it.”
Reporters Bill Myers and Kiki Ryan investigate further into the story and K Street Editor Tim Carney reports that the Washington Post recently closed its one time lobbying shop that once cost $10,000 a month.
