And we thought the media couldn't go lower

Access for a price. WaPo is now WaHo according to some sources. Not only did the Washington Post admit (after the inauguration) that it had completely caved, folded and sold its soul for Obama, but now they were selling events to meet with the movers and shakers (lobbyists and administration officials). Oops. Someone messed up.

Washington Post publisher Katharine Weymouth said today she was cancelling plans for an exclusive "salon" at her home where for as much as $250,00 The Post offered lobbyists and association executives off-the-record access to "those powerful few" - Obama administration officials, members of Congress, and even the paper’s own reporters and editors.

The astonishing offer was detailed in a flier circulated Wednesday to a health care lobbyist, who provided it to a reporter because the lobbyist said he felt it was a conflict for the paper to charge for access to, as the flier says, its “health care reporting and editorial staff." Read more

Well, I guess in "this economy" you gotta do what you gotta do. The government claims it has made a profit on TARP, but the business class is still going coach.