Everyone is gone at the Washington Post... Almost no Metro section left...

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Good. Let that rag die.

This. It used to be a respected paper. Now it’s just regurgitated woke punch lines.

100%. It needs to die. It used to be worth it but it's a far cry from that now.

I am really curious when you thought it was good because it used to be much more liberal. Have you been in DC long or are you another carpetbagger trying to bring your obnoxious and ridiculous beliefs to DC?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Good. Let that rag die.

This. It used to be a respected paper. Now it’s just regurgitated woke punch lines.

Sad but true... and the last place I'd go for any local news.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Good. F**k the post. Total garbage rag.

100% THIS.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Dvorak and Malloy are leaving?

Malloy is already gone. Dvorak is leaving.

There are a lot of good journalists and columnists who have left or are leaving the Post, but Petula Dvorak has never had an original idea in her life. Every column she wrote was banal and utterly predictable.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Good. Let that rag die.

+1
It was on its way out years ago. The WSJ is so, so much better.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Good. Let that rag die.

This. It used to be a respected paper. Now it’s just regurgitated woke punch lines.

Whatever. You clearly never read it before.

DP. I grew up reading the WaPo. I read it every day until about two years ago, when we finally realized how utterly biased and absurd it is, at which point we canceled our subscription. The PP is correct. There is nothing serious or respectable about the WaPo any longer and it's been that way for some time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Good. Let that rag die.

This. It used to be a respected paper. Now it’s just regurgitated woke punch lines.

100%. It needs to die. It used to be worth it but it's a far cry from that now.

I am really curious when you thought it was good because it used to be much more liberal. Have you been in DC long or are you another carpetbagger trying to bring your obnoxious and ridiculous beliefs to DC?

DC is a federal district. There are no carpetbaggers here, sweetie.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I remember when the Metro section of the Post was so robust, you went there first! When Jeff Bezos bought the paper everyone was so excited because he made major investments. My friends at the Post were thrilled too.

It seems those days are over. 240 reporters left in 2023 with most coming from the Metro desk including Darryl Fears, Paula Dvorak and Courtland Malloy.

That was really the only reason I subscribed. Now, I can cancel my $18 per month and just read it through Apple News. It's not worth it to me anymore.

I was already getting more through DC City Cast, Washington City Paper and DCist. I'll give to those publications.

Thanks Jeff Bezos.

Citation needed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Good. Let that rag die.

This. It used to be a respected paper. Now it’s just regurgitated woke punch lines.

100%. It needs to die. It used to be worth it but it's a far cry from that now.

I am really curious when you thought it was good because it used to be much more liberal. Have you been in DC long or are you another carpetbagger trying to bring your obnoxious and ridiculous beliefs to DC?

DC is a federal district. There are no carpetbaggers here, sweetie.

What? Only states can be capret bagged? Huh, TIL.

[Anonymous]

I don't think it's the owner's fault. The editor was problematic, and that led to a revolt at the paper.

I subscribe, and I do have long-standing problems with WaPo, which mostly have to do with poor writing. I can read the same article in NYT and WaPo, and come away with a much clearer understanding and better references from the NYT piece than the WaPo piece.

The local news was always biased. The educational section is abysmal because the writer regurgitates trendy concepts with no
understanding of the real issues. There are way too many writers at WaPo that embed implicit bias in their headlines and pieces, instead of the more clinical approach of the NYT.

BUT.

WaPo does provide interesting political insight, and that's why I keep it. Also, I appreciate Capital Weather Gang.

[Anonymous]

What happened to the Post's Metro section aligns with what happened to local sections in most major newspapers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Dvorak and Malloy are leaving?

Malloy is already gone. Dvorak is leaving.

There are a lot of good journalists and columnists who have left or are leaving the Post, but Petula Dvorak has never had an original idea in her life. Every column she wrote was banal and utterly predictable.

Oh, it’s you.

[Anonymous]

Agree but honestly Paula Dvorvak was pretty awful.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Agree but honestly Paula Dvorvak was pretty awful.

Meant Petula. She is so bad I have blocked out her first name already. 😂

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Good. Let that rag die.

This. It used to be a respected paper. Now it’s just regurgitated woke punch lines.

Whatever. You clearly never read it before.

DP. I grew up reading the WaPo. I read it every day until about two years ago, when we finally realized how utterly biased and absurd it is, at which point we canceled our subscription. The PP is correct. There is nothing serious or respectable about the WaPo any longer and it's been that way for some time.

I don't think the Post changed. I think you changed. And obviously I don't know anything about you personally, but everyone I know personally who has this opinion used to read the Washington Post but now watches a lot of Fox.