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The Washington Post was caught up in a controversy Thursday when a political-news outlet revealed that the newspaper promoted private sessions where lobbyists could meet with Obama administration officials and reporters and editors from the Post in exchange for payments of $25,000 to $250,000.
Politico reported that the Post's marketing department sent a lobbyist a flier promoting a series of dinners at the home of Post publisher Katharine Weymouth for a discussion in a "relaxed" setting that wasn't "confrontational."
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