Comments on: Suddenly, WaPimp doesn’t kiss and tell

By: I almost wish that Iowahawk would stop doing this. - Redhot - RedState

I almost wish that Iowahawk would stop doing this. - Redhot - RedState — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 11:58:29 +0000

[...] Katherine Weymouth Hey fellas, after a hard week lobbying down on K Street, we know what you want. When the sun goes down on the capitol dome, you want to kick off those white shoes and get comfortable with the Beltway’s hottest journalists and public policy analysts. And they’re all waiting for you at the Washington Chrome Post. [...]

By: Moe Lane » I almost wish that Iowahawk would stop doing this.

Moe Lane » I almost wish that Iowahawk would stop doing this. — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 11:57:26 +0000

By: Weymouth pens apology to Post readers | The DC Feed

Weymouth pens apology to Post readers | The DC Feed — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 17:55:34 +0000

[...] Summaryhttp://www.flickr.com…332142@N00/3575124040http://www.washington…/AR2009070402253.htmlhttp://hotair.com/arc…doesnt-kiss-and-tell/People who read this also read…No stories [...]

By: PatMac

PatMac — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:23:21 +0000

The “journalism” side of their organization should objectively report the newsworthy actions of their “financial” side.

By: GarandFan

GarandFan — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:08:42 +0000

The WaPo has credibility?

By: Washington Post selling access - Page 2 - MotownSports.com Message Board

Washington Post selling access - Page 2 - MotownSports.com Message Board — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 21:55:25 +0000

[...] Suddenly, WaPimp doesn’t kiss and tell posted at 10:55 am on July 3, 2009 by Ed Morrissey Send to a Friend | Share on Facebook | printer-friendly The uproar over the Washington Post’s attempt to act as pimp and madam between lobbyists, reporters, and high-ranking government officials has exposed more than just one hypocrisy. An astute reader points out that besides the damage done to the Post’s political integrity by Katherine Weymouth’s access sale, their response points out a massive journalistic hypocrisy, too. The LA Times’ Peter Nicholas wanted to get a list of government officials invited by Weymouth to be bait for the lobbyist money guests to her “salon,” but got the stonewall treatment when asked: The Post said it would not release a list of public officials who’d been invited to the dinners. I guess the Post doesn’t kiss and tell, huh? They didn’t always take that position, though. When Dick Cheney met with energy-industry leaders in 2001 (before he could take advantage of the Post’s Mack Daddy program), the Post demanded transparency in government officials meeting with lobbyists. In fact, the Post got inside sources to divulge the list of participants in the meetings of the Energy Task Force. The Post was so impressed with itself that it created the handy table in order to make the information as easy to read as possible, when it published the names of all the participants in 2006. Now, how does that situation differ from the Post’s own “salons” intended to create tete-a-tetes in private with high-ranking government officials? Shouldn’t the Post, as a journalistic organization, inform the public about the actions of public officials who want to secretly meet with lobbyists? After all, that was the reasoning behind the demand that Cheney release the participants in the ETF — that secrecy would negatively impact public policy. If these public officials declined the invitations, we’d like to see that kind of integrity honored. If they didn’t decline the invitations, then we should know about that, too. This is what happens when a journalistic organization decides to moonlight as a power pimp for profit. The moonlight identity becomes the sole identity. __________________ "We now have a president with Jimmy Carter’s naivete, Richard Nixon’s distaste for laws, Lyndon Johnson’s commitment to the wrong war, and Bill Clinton’s moral fecklessness." [...]

By: Lonetown

Lonetown — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 19:02:41 +0000

I think we have a right to know who is attending these parties.

Isn’t this just another form of payola?

Where’s that asshat Conyers when you need him? Oh yeah, driving his old lady to jail.

By: disa

disa — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:21:57 +0000

I mean, it really is kind of unbelievable.

By: Jim Treacher

Jim Treacher — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:16:48 +0000

I saw the name Weymouth and it rang a bell, and it turns out she’s the niece of former Talking Heads bassist Tina Weymouth. Hey, her niece is “Burning Down the House,” LOL

By: disa

disa — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:13:51 +0000

Do you think the invited Congresscritters suspected a sting operation?

By: Shots from The Show 7/3

Shots from The Show 7/3 — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:10:56 +0000

[...] Morrissey from Hot Air joined me as we discussed the WaPo “salon” outrage plus Haaretz reporting Obama is arguing against expansion of sanctions against Iran after their [...]

By: L.N. Smithee

L.N. Smithee — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:54:36 +0000

Puhleeze, people, stop with the snide sexual comments about Weymouth just because she’s posed for a glamour photo. I hate that when the left does it to Fox News reporters or Sarah Palin.

I wanted to make that disclaimer before making the following comment:

It appears The Washed-up Post has proven The White Stripes correct about one thing in their 2007 pro-illegal immigration track “Icky Thump”: “You can’t be a pimp and a prostitute too.”

By: n0doz

n0doz — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:39:42 +0000

Bust-ed!!!

By: seven

seven — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:37:45 +0000

Weymouth’s reasoning is hilarious: The business part of

WaPo came up with this, not the journalist part of WaPo.

No part of WaPo should be participating in politics.

I really hope they’re readership is leaving in droves over this.

hisfrogness on July 3, 2009 at 11:37 AM

funny that is how prostitution works.
The business part is the money
The the sex is the product.

By: Jeff from WI

Jeff from WI — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:30:33 +0000

Jeff at12:25—-Politicians?

DDT on July 3, 2009 at 12:57 PM
LOL..or lobbyist

By: Interweb Troll

Interweb Troll — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:23:32 +0000

She is hot.
guntotinglibertarian on July 3, 2009 at 12:11 PM

She’s got a really big chin. Looks kind of like a more feminine version of John Kerry.

By: peacenprosperity

peacenprosperity — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:21:56 +0000

Is she tina weymouth’s sister?

By: unclesmrgol

unclesmrgol — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:11:03 +0000

If you show up at the Salon, you get to know. Otherwise, go pound sand…

By: DDT

DDT — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:57:16 +0000

Jeff at12:25—-Politicians?

By: holdfast

holdfast — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:56:43 +0000

Decent rack anyway. Kind of ironic when a streetwalker has the word “mouth” in her name.

By: Daggett

Daggett — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:40:05 +0000

Maybe an investigative journalist from another publication will find out the information and publish it?

By: peacenprosperity

peacenprosperity — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:37:18 +0000

Who’s the babe in the photo?

By: ama

ama — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:34:29 +0000

Another reason to NOT buy a subscription nor advertise there :

access sale, their response points out a massive journalistic hypocrisy, too.

By: Yoop

Yoop — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:28:47 +0000

The WaPo tried to spread legs for money. Now that it got busted it will try to claim rape.

Is that liberal thinking, or what?!?

Somebody will try to sell it’s Little-Black-Book now. Always happens.

By: Jeff from WI

Jeff from WI — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:27:04 +0000

Question:Do you have the permission of the lady shown to be used in a thread about this type of topic, with this kind of wording?