RSS Feed MenuSteve Clemons asks at The Washington Note:
I was just told that many major news conglomerates “pay” many of the celebrities to attend the dinner and sit at their tables. This is news to me. I thought most were there because they had an inner policy wonk driving them to the big night gala with DC’s top press corps and President Obama.
But are they paid? Is this really the case? I want to know.
So would a lot of people! It has to be emphasized – Clemons’ question concerns rumor, not fact, not even alleged fact. (A veteran reporter friend once offered this rule of thumb: “Sex rumors are usually true, because sex is simple … but money is complicated, so money rumors are often wrong.”) Still, Steve has keen ears. So if he has heard something, it’s probably something worth knowing more about ….
krove // May 13, 2009 at 9:05 am
Shock Horror. This site repeats rumor and innuendo on a regular basis as fact. So nothing new here. Reality and facts are no allowed to get in the way of possibly smearing President Obama however tenuously.
balconesfault // May 13, 2009 at 9:12 am
krove – I don’t know that this is any kind of smear of Obama.I do know that it’s 50 pounds of stupid crammed into a 20 pound bag. It is so deep in “who the hell cares” territory that cricket scores are probably more interesting.
krove // May 13, 2009 at 9:25 am
I love Cricket, Trust me it will be turned into an Obama smear if it’s at all possible to do it.
barker13 // May 13, 2009 at 2:21 pm
So let me get this straight..(*LAUGHING MY BALLS OFF*)Karen can post a sentiment I agree with and when I post my agreement…(*STOMACHACHE FROM LAUGHING SO HARD*)…*my* post is removed and Karen’s is left!(*HUGE FRIGG’N GRIN*)Ditto re: Balconesfault. I was making the SAME exact point.(*SHAKING MY HEAD IN BEMUSEMENT*)BILL
krove // May 13, 2009 at 3:37 pm
barking! you have run foul of the random post remover? I feel your pain it happens to me regularly. Censorship is alive, well and living at New Majority.
InTheMiddle12 // May 13, 2009 at 4:43 pm
And why should anyone care about this?