Sentence examples for trading access for from inspiring English sources
Papers like the News of the World are (or were) important players in Britain's political game, trading access for favours, keeping secrets when it suits them and revealing them when it doesn't.
But there's an unstated premise at work here: even if some elected officials are charged for campaign-finance quid pro quo, no one will stop trading access for donations.
As a result, Mrs. Clinton told aides this year to vet major donors carefully and help her avoid situations in which she might appear to be trading access for big money, advisers said.
The "ground rules," as Andrew Sullivan assessed, are the quid pro quo of trading access for journalistic protection.
As McAuliffe graduated to selling off the Lincoln Bedroom and trading access for sweetheart deals with Global Crossing, Moran was beginning his career as a Virginia state legislator.
IGN has a rough reputation among gamers, some of whom think of it as being too friendly with the greater gaming industry — trading access for favorable reviews is a common accusation, though almost certainly an untrue one.
"When it comes to the Clintons and McAuliffe, their M.O. is to trade access for cash, and there has been a long history of this, and they do it without shame," said Tim Miller, the executive director of America Rising, a conservative political action committee that is backing Mr. Cuccinelli.
Granted, it's common for the press to trade access for positive coverage across all industries (eh hem, Apple), but nowhere is it more prevalent than in the stratified environs of the movie and television industry.
On Sunday, May 23 , 2010 The News of the World published an explosive article by the man, who turned out to be a reporter there, condemning Ms. Ferguson for trading access to Prince Andrew for cash.
Paul suggests a number of possible solutions, including snagging some authentication tokens from a friend who has an iPhone 4S and is willing to share, or perhaps paying for them on some sort of yet-to-be established marketplace for trading access tokens.
Just when it seemed that Sarah had moved past her scandalous past, controversy struck again in 2010 when she was filmed trading access to her former husband for £500,000 to an undercover reporter.
