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The news cycle these days is like time-lapse photography. Stories are born, flower and pass out of sight again in a matter of hours. For that matter, the Washington Post's "Salon" program didn't last much longer than that. Blink, or take a day off from the computer, and you've missed it.
Here, via The Examiner, is the invitation that the Washington Post sent to lobbyists for companies in the health care industries; click to enlarge:
The mind boggles: the Post wants lobbyists to bring "your organization's CEO or executive director" to a "salon" at the home of Post publisher Katharine Weymouth. If you pay $25,000, your CEO can actually participate in the discussion; or you can sponsor all 11 salons for a discounted price of $250,000. What's the purpose? "Interact with key Obama administration officials and Congressional leaders," thereby "participat[ing] in the health-care reform debate among the select few who will actually get it done."
So the Washington Post is selling lobbyists access to "key Obama administration officials" for a mere $25,000 per evening. Obviously they could not have done this without arranging in advance for those "key officials" to participate. Where does the Obama administration end and the Washington Post begin? That is becoming an increasingly metaphysical question.
There is this, too: participants can "build crucial relationships with Washington Post news executives." Ask yourself: why would it be "crucial" for health sector companies to have relationships with the Washington Post's news executives? Is that a threat or a promise?
Ask yourself this: is it conceivable that the Washington Post would have imagined inviting lobbyists and CEOs to similar "salons" with "key Bush administration officials?" I don't think so.
The Post, embarrassed by disclosure of its cozy, profitable relationships with lobbyists and the Obama administration, has repudiated the "salon" program. Given that their publisher was the program'...
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Another example of Microsoft Marketing at its finest. Cripes, what are they thinking? It's been pulled from distribution but will live forever here and there. We will repost it as necessary.
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[From Hans] Hans dropped this one into my mailbox overnight and we kind of knew this with our Palm Pre launch invitation we received last week. Jerry Seinfeld helping Palm push the message out regarding the Pre. "The “VIP Event celebrating the launch of the all new Palm Pre” will be held at Raleigh Studios in Hollywood and emceed by none other than Jason Alexander of Seinfeld fame. Yes, the man who, playing George Constanza, admitted to “shrinkage,” got caught by his mother doing something naughty and lied about being an architect and marine biologist in separate episodes, will take to the stage on Palm’s behalf." Read in full.
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