The Washington Madam is a newspaper:
Washington Post sells access, $25,000+
For $25,000 to $250,000, The Washington Post has offered lobbyists and association executives off-the-record, nonconfrontational access to “those powerful few”: Obama administration officials, members of Congress, and — at first — even the paper’s own reporters and editors.
Words fail me, but No Sheeples has a few choice comments on the presstitutes.
UPDATE
James Joyner was wondering,
There are two obvious stories here. First, the Post is going down a very steep, slippery slope to losing all journalistic credibility. Second, the Post’s management seems to think that they have senior White House staff at their beck and call. If there’s merit to this, it may be a bigger story than the first.
As it turns out, Howard Kurtz anwered the first question: Post Publisher Cancels Plans for Off-the-Record ‘Salons’.
For now, the second issue, whether the Post’s management “seems to think that they have senior White House staff at their beck and call” can only be surmised, considering that the “off-the-record dinner and discussion” were to take place at the home of CEO and Publisher Katharine Weymouth.
But then,
Was anyone really surprised?
How can you sell something unless you in fact have it? The fact that private access to Obama administration insiders was offered for sale, for up to $250,000., tells me there was inappropriate access. You don’t fork over a quarter million dollars for nothing without your cover being blown. How long has this been going on?
The Washington Post has not only lost cerdibility, they should no longer be considered a real newspaper. The National Enquirer has higher standards.
I thought the Washington Madam was into an*l sex! Oh wait a minute, that was the Washingtonienne, wasn’t it.