I'm speechless after reading this Politico article by Mike Allen that details how the Washington Post is selling access to "key Obama Administration and Congressional leaders ..." for $25,000 to $250,000: The astonishing offer is detailed in a flier circulated Wednesday to a health-care lobbyist, who provided it to a reporter because the lobbyist said he feels it's a conflict for the paper to charge for access to, as the flier says, its "health care reporting and editorial staff." The offer-which essentially turns a news organization into a facilitator for private lobbyist-official encounters-is a new sign of the lengths to which news organizations will go to find revenue at a time when most newspapers are struggling for survival. And it's a turn of the times that a lobbyist is scolding The Washington Post for its ethical practices. How can anything written in the Washington Post be taken seriously anymore? One would think heads would roll after a revelation...(Read Full Post)