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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Honestly, the biggest problem isn't the particular politics, it's that the paper is run based on the current whims of its billionaire owner.

Early in the Trump administration Bezos wanted to be the white knight saving American democracy and leading the #Resistance against Trump.

Now, Bezos is annoyed with the left and wants to bring in Murdoch operatives to reset the paper's ideology.

In neither case, though, does he seem interested in the paper being run in an effective manner. It's just about having the top executives agreeing with his takes on current events and politics.[/quote]

Their problem is that the DC metro area isn't large enough to support a local paper with national scale. They've leaned into being a national paper and that has cost them local readership- why paper for the WAPO when WTOP and NBC4 have better metro coverage. Meanwhile, their focus is mostly politics, but Politico, the Hill, and Punchbowl do the same thing and are free. So far only the NYtimes has figured out how to be a national paper, and there may not be room for two. The closest competitor isn't even the post, it's WSJ, but they have a business focus that adds value [/quote]

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