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You are here: Home / Economics / C.R.E.A.M. / 81 and still turning tricks

81 and still turning tricks

by DougJ|  September 23, 20101:58 pm| 36 Comments

This post is in: C.R.E.A.M., Going Galt

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You may remember the David Broder speaking fee mini-scandal from a few years back (I helped write a short summary of this on his wiki). The Post ombudsman of the time, Deborah Howell, did a pretty good job of whacking Broder and Post management over it:

Broder should have followed his own and The Post’s rules. Woodward’s case is somewhat different, but [then executive editor Len] Downie would like to know and should know what groups Woodward is speaking to in case he wants to object. Woodward’s name and The Post’s are synonymous, and whatever Woodward does is associated with the paper, even if he’s rarely there.

Most of all, The Post needs an unambiguous, transparent well-known policy on speaking fees and expenses. It should deal with charities and those on contract. Approvals for speeches that involve fees should be sought and given in writing by a high-ranking editor. Fees should be accepted only from educational, professional or other nonprofit groups for which lobbying and politics are not a major focus — with no exceptions.

Nothing has changed:

Last May, Broder was the keynote speaker at a May 19 to 21 conference sponsored by GenSpring Family Offices, “a leading wealth management firm for ultra-high net worth families. With over $20 billion in assets under advisement, GenSpring…is trusted by more than 700 of the world’s wealthiest families to oversee or manage important aspects of their financial lives.” GenSpring is an affiliate of SunTrust Banks, which lobbies congress.

I guess one thing has changed, though: the Post now has an ombudsman who won’t write about this unless we can get Andrew Breitbart to start covering it. My guess is that Andy Alexander never touches this, now matter now many emails he gets about it. I just sent him an email about it — no reply so far.

Update. Just got an out-of-office reply from the ombudsman. This of course makes it that much more likely that he will never cover it.

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  1. 1.

    J.A.F. Rusty Shackleford

    September 23, 2010 at 2:02 pm

    OT: I still can’t access this blog from my home PC. I tried disconnecting my modem for 18 hours, I unplugged the router and cleared the browsing data and still nothing.

    Any other ideas?

  2. 2.

    Balconesfault

    September 23, 2010 at 2:03 pm

    Isn’t there a “The Liberal Washington Post” tag?

  3. 3.

    DougJ is the business and economics editor for Balloon Juice.

    September 23, 2010 at 2:04 pm

    @J.A.F. Rusty Shackleford:

    I don’t know, mine started working again last week after going through the same thing. My guess is that your IP is banned by the Firewall. Try emailing John about this.

  4. 4.

    MattF

    September 23, 2010 at 2:07 pm

    In principle, there’s a long list of people that the Post should show the door to. E.g., “David! The door is over there!”, “Bob! The door is over there!”, etc. Unfortunately, after they’ve all left, the building will be empty.

  5. 5.

    NobodySpecial

    September 23, 2010 at 2:09 pm

    Hey, hookers have to eat, too. When they show ribs, it’s bad for business.

    WaPo, keep your hookers fat and sassy!

  6. 6.

    Dork

    September 23, 2010 at 2:09 pm

    What was he paid in? Geritol and incontinence diapers?

  7. 7.

    Martin

    September 23, 2010 at 2:12 pm

    @MattF: Well, they should just nuke the editorial board from orbit and start over. It’s the only way to be sure.

  8. 8.

    J.A.F. Rusty Shackleford

    September 23, 2010 at 2:16 pm

    @NobodySpecial:

    Hey, hookers have to eat, too. When they show ribs, it’s bad for business.
    WaPo, keep your hookers fat and sassy!

    The Winky Dinky Ho Cake… hoes gotta eat too!

  9. 9.

    NobodySpecial

    September 23, 2010 at 2:18 pm

    @J.A.F. Rusty Shackleford: I bow to your expertise in films with Keenan Ivory Wayans appearing. 8)

  10. 10.

    Cat Lady

    September 23, 2010 at 2:20 pm

    @J.A.F. Rusty Shackleford:

    Same thing with me. I can only access it at home with a proxy server, and they all kinda suck in their own way. I have Comcast, west of Boston. I have no problems at all with ISPs in other locations.

  11. 11.

    MattR

    September 23, 2010 at 2:20 pm

    GenSpring…is trusted by more than 700 of the world’s wealthiest families to oversee or manage important aspects of their financial lives.

    Based on the reporting by the Washington Post and Keith Olbermann, I wonder how many of the 700 qualify as “small businesses”

  12. 12.

    fourlegsgood

    September 23, 2010 at 2:23 pm

    @MattR:

    Probably all of them. Feh.

  13. 13.

    eemom

    September 23, 2010 at 2:25 pm

    I gotta admit when I saw “Broder” and “81” I thought for a fleeting moment that he had, um, “gone to join” Tim Russert. Oh well.

  14. 14.

    Roger Moore

    September 23, 2010 at 2:26 pm

    @MattF:

    Unfortunately, after they’ve all left, the building will be empty.

    The news desk may be empty, but I’m sure there are some janitors and secretaries who deserve better.

  15. 15.

    cat48

    September 23, 2010 at 2:29 pm

    DougJ, Your hateful to this poor little old man whose broke because when the Kenyan usurper put GM thru bankruptcy it was a real tragedy for him. His parents gave him GM stock for high school graduation and alas: It was worth more when it was received as a gift than when it was put thru bankruptcy 100 yrs. later. Don’t you understand what he’s going thru now?

    Did you not read that column??

  16. 16.

    eemom

    September 23, 2010 at 2:30 pm

    @MattR:

    I don’t like Olbermann very often anymore, but that “small business” segment was fucking. awesome.

    If only there were a way to make it required viewing on every channel of every teevee of every dense-ass “low information” voter.

  17. 17.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    September 23, 2010 at 2:33 pm

    @eemom:

    I don’t like Olbermann very often anymore, but that “small business” segment was fucking. awesome.

    agreed and agreed. David K. Johnston should be a household name.
    @cat48: Honest to god?

  18. 18.

    Ash Can

    September 23, 2010 at 2:33 pm

    Hey, it doesn’t say he was paid to speak. Maybe he did it for free.

    …HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! OK, I tried to keep a straight face, but couldn’t do it.

  19. 19.

    low-tech cyclist

    September 23, 2010 at 2:35 pm

    While Deborah Howell was the WaPo ombudsman apologist, I thought it would be hard for the WaPo to replace her with someone even worse. Andy Alexander has cleared that bar with plenty of room to spare.

  20. 20.

    Balconesfault

    September 23, 2010 at 2:51 pm

    @low-tech cyclist:

    Andy Alexander has cleared slithered under that bar with plenty of room to spare.

    Fixed …

  21. 21.

    Ripley

    September 23, 2010 at 3:04 pm

    @Dork: Broder’s paid in Ameros. Sharia law/stealth jihad, bitches.

  22. 22.

    J.A.F. Rusty Shackleford

    September 23, 2010 at 3:06 pm

    @NobodySpecial:

    Hey, don’t say ‘coke’ or ‘freebase’…unless you got some.

    Batty, batty, batty!

  23. 23.

    sherifffruitfly

    September 23, 2010 at 3:11 pm

    Time for another blogger ethics panel!

  24. 24.

    fourlegsgood

    September 23, 2010 at 3:12 pm

    Hey, can one of you guys with keys start organizing another “call congress” phone campaign like the one we did for HCR?

    It worked. No reason we can’t try it again on the tax bill.

  25. 25.

    fourlegsgood

    September 23, 2010 at 3:13 pm

    @Jim, Foolish Literalist: It was real, honest to goodness, breaking a story stuff.

    Of course the rest of the media just kind of yawns.

  26. 26.

    comrade scott's agenda of rage

    September 23, 2010 at 3:24 pm

    @MattF:

    This. The only person worth keeping is Tom Boswell.

  27. 27.

    Punchy

    September 23, 2010 at 3:29 pm

    Just got an out-of-office reply from the ombudsman. This of course makes it that much more likely that he will never cover it.

    Yup, in the middle of the day, on a Thursday. Exactly when you’d expect peeps to be O^3.

    I’d love it if Dig Dug Jay would actually go into their building and confirm his presence at his desk, bouncing myriad emails back into the tubz.

  28. 28.

    Jason T. is the acting McKeesport, Pa., bureau chief of Balloon Juice

    September 23, 2010 at 3:38 pm

    This is somewhat irrelevant, DougJ, but your new “title” makes me laugh every. single. time. I just needed to say that.

    Also too, I used to make a special trip on Sundays to get a Washington Post. I can’t even read the darned thing any more. I’d love to know how many RPMs Kate and Phil Graham are up to.

  29. 29.

    suzanne

    September 23, 2010 at 3:39 pm

    @J.A.F. Rusty Shackleford: Same here—I can only view it from my iPhone. It makes me haz a sad.

  30. 30.

    Dennis SGMM

    September 23, 2010 at 3:52 pm

    Broder’s speech was mostly a series of anecdotes about the Founding Fathers. That’s only to be expected from a man who had met most of them.

  31. 31.

    Cat Lady

    September 23, 2010 at 3:58 pm

    @suzanne:

    Here’s a list of some free proxy servers that I’ve been using. Some are better than others when interacting with WordPress (FYWP!) YMMV.

  32. 32.

    suzanne

    September 23, 2010 at 4:28 pm

    @Cat Lady: Bless you.

  33. 33.

    davidj

    September 23, 2010 at 5:30 pm

    I read one Howell column early on (it’s my local rag), decided she was completely worthless, and so didn’t find out until now that she wasn’t after all. _Completely_ worthless, that is.

  34. 34.

    Don

    September 23, 2010 at 5:45 pm

    What difference does it makes if AA covers it or not? The WaPo has made it clear that they pay even less attention to him than they did to Howell.

  35. 35.

    Marshall

    September 23, 2010 at 10:59 pm

    The Washington Post ? Didn’t that used to be a newspaper ?

  36. 36.

    Quiddity

    September 24, 2010 at 1:31 am

    Leave David Broder aloooooone!

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