Wall Street Journal Jacks White House Price Up $600K

politico.com:

It looks like Rupert Murdoch has finally figured out a way to make the White House pay -- literally.

The Murdoch-owned Wall Street Journal has jacked up the rate it charges the administration's news clipping service by a jaw-dropping $600,000 per year -- and is steering the White House towards a direct deal with News Corp., according to an administration official.

Read the whole story: politico.com

Comments

[Rangergirl]

11:30 PM on 08/01/2010

Drop the paper...

[mdlw]

10:31 AM on 07/31/2010

Well, the WSJ failed to report a big hoax on the American people.

http://palingates.blogspot.com/2010/07/two-videos-about-babygate-sarah-palins.html

[up420oz]

09:51 PM on 07/30/2010

WSJ is it not owned by the Moonies cult?

[VeroucaSalt]

07:41 PM on 07/30/2010

Solution: Don't buy WSJ ever. ANYONE (but especially the white house).

[kimbanyc]

06:05 PM on 07/30/2010

Ban WSJ from WH " F " Fox & Murdoch

[den1953]

04:07 PM on 07/30/2010

Oh well Ruppert Murdock will stand to lose a chunk of coin!

[nikky]

03:38 PM on 07/30/2010

they don't need to read the paper just sit someone in front of the t.v morning j*e show will tell you anything you need to knowor some of their rethug buddies

[nixrox04]

10:21 PM on 07/29/2010

Cancel it, it's just another rightwing rag now.

[dfranz]

07:40 PM on 07/29/2010

Murdock just wants to help....himself and his failing newspaper. A once highly respected business news paper is now just a rag. There are too many other non News Corp sources available.

[Skidooo]

04:45 PM on 07/29/2010

I've got an idea how the White House should handle it.... drop the WSJ and go to the nearest comic book store, the information you get there would be just as reliable.

[IM4REAL]

04:18 PM on 07/29/2010

“Obviously, we’re not paying $500,000. This is taxpayer money,” the official said. “We have no idea how we’re going to handle this. We may have to drop [The Journal].” Good for them.

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[judiNJ]

03:49 PM on 07/29/2010

That's because so many people stopped buying it when Murdoch bought it. I don't read it anymore. Before? The news. The editorial page, not so much. Now the whole paper is one
big WSJ editorial page.

[profitforless]

03:06 PM on 07/29/2010

I’ll send it to the WH for free- just scrape the bird poop off.

[ylobrkrd]

01:14 AM on 07/30/2010

hahahah favd but the bird p00p is an improvement actually!

[msbeal]

03:04 PM on 07/29/2010

Sounds like a squabble over who gets that free seat at the press conference. Fox Pretend News can stand out in the hall for all I care.

[TheAntiOkie]

08:43 PM on 07/29/2010

Why do they even bother to show up anyway? They just make stuff up as they go as it is.

[msbeal]

09:07 PM on 07/29/2010

It's pretty obvious Fox is the propaganda wing of the Republican Party and it confounds me no end to listen to conservatives deny it.

[TruthLives]

02:51 PM on 07/29/2010

I gave up looking at the WSJ when Muroch bought it and I suppose the White House can also.. or perhaps the WH can charge the WSJ for their seat at press conferences 600.000 for the year to repay tax payers if they do end up paying for the news service clippings..