News organizations with reporters in Chicago have at least one thing to be thankful for this Thanksgiving.
No press conference by President-elect Barack Obama means no $50 wireless Internet fee for reporters covering it.
For three days this week, reporters arrived at the Hilton Chicago ballroom to cover Obama's press conferences only to discover that their air cards couldn't get a signal. The only option was to buy into the Hilton's Internet plan for $50 a day.
Now, that may sound like a lot of money just for getting online to file a story or Google "Paul Volcker," but the hotel's telecommunications staff assured reporters that 50 bucks was a great deal — more than 80 percent off.
The usual conference rate for logging on at the Hilton is $600 a day.
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No press conference by President-elect Barack Obama means no $50 wireless Internet fee for reporters covering it.
For three days this week, reporters arrived at the Hilton Chicago ballroom to cover Obama's press conferences only to discover that their air cards couldn't get a signal. The only option was to buy into the Hilton's Internet plan for $50 a day.
Now, that may sound like a lot of money just for getting online to file a story or Google "Paul Volcker," but the hotel's telecommunications staff assured reporters that 50 bucks was a great deal — more than 80 percent off.
The usual conference rate for logging on at the Hilton is $600 a day.
rest http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1108/16038.html
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