Anonymous
Post 02/04/2026 14:05     Subject: With WaPo’s demise, what other sources of DC metro news coverage?
Anonymous wrote:Today’s layoffs of 1/3 of Post employees is the final straw for me. I’m cancelling my subscription. I held onto it because A) want to support their journalists and B) it was my go-to for DC metro news. Can’t continue to support the empty shell Bezos is making the Post into.

Where do you gets DC metro news from these days? I don’t have regular TV, just streaming, so I don’t watch our local news channels.



I'm amazed you still read it. Everyone I know stopped ten years ago when it became so political. It has killed itself. Too bad, it was once a great newspaper.
Anonymous
Post 02/04/2026 14:01     Subject: With WaPo’s demise, what other sources of DC metro news coverage?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:51st.news has the local coverage feel that I'm looking for


The 51st is good for obsequious coverage of the DC government. If you want your local coverage to sound a bit like a press release, the 51st is for you.


The 51st is the best news outlet for people who think NPR is reactionary and also people who say "wypipo" unironically.


You live in a weird little bubble. I don't know what the first means and the second sounds kind of racist but I also don't know what you mean.
Anonymous
Post 02/04/2026 13:54     Subject: With WaPo’s demise, what other sources of DC metro news coverage?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:51st.news has the local coverage feel that I'm looking for


The 51st is good for obsequious coverage of the DC government. If you want your local coverage to sound a bit like a press release, the 51st is for you.


The 51st is the best news outlet for people who think NPR is reactionary and also people who say "wypipo" unironically.


I had high hopes, but the bias has always been transparent.
Anonymous
Post 02/04/2026 13:44     Subject: With WaPo’s demise, what other sources of DC metro news coverage?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:51st.news has the local coverage feel that I'm looking for


The 51st is good for obsequious coverage of the DC government. If you want your local coverage to sound a bit like a press release, the 51st is for you.


The 51st is the best news outlet for people who think NPR is reactionary and also people who say "wypipo" unironically.
Anonymous
Post 02/04/2026 13:09     Subject: Re:With WaPo’s demise, what other sources of DC metro news coverage?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Love these people who claim to care about politics and public policy but won't subscribe to the Post. Apparently you don't care that much!


DP. I subscribe to the WSJ, Post and NYTimes. (and Bloomberg!). If the Post doesn’t have decent local news then there is truly no reason for me to keep my subscription. The only thing I will miss is Capitol Weather Gang but I guess I will just follow Matthew Capucci’s socials.


+1 there are tons of options. Democracy won’t die in darkness. I’m not subscribing because it used to be good.


There's only a handful of news organizations in the entire world that can match the Post.
Anonymous
Post 02/04/2026 12:59     Subject: Re:With WaPo’s demise, what other sources of DC metro news coverage?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Love these people who claim to care about politics and public policy but won't subscribe to the Post. Apparently you don't care that much!


DP. I subscribe to the WSJ, Post and NYTimes. (and Bloomberg!). If the Post doesn’t have decent local news then there is truly no reason for me to keep my subscription. The only thing I will miss is Capitol Weather Gang but I guess I will just follow Matthew Capucci’s socials.


+1 there are tons of options. Democracy won’t die in darkness. I’m not subscribing because it used to be good.
Anonymous
Post 02/04/2026 12:52     Subject: With WaPo’s demise, what other sources of DC metro news coverage?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:DH is a journalist (not at WaPo) and we are unsure if we will keep our subscription. I can’t read their opinion section anymore and some of the news coverage is clearly being influenced. And the layoffs are not about becoming more competitive, as the editor claimed. How can we support that with our subscription?

But…it’s the WaPo. It is irreplaceable. And the journalists who remain will only be hurt by cancelling. So we feel stuck. God, I hate Bezos.



I will always subscribe to the Washington Post no matter what. Democracies cannot function without newspapers. No one else cannot replace the Post. Yes, it's a dark time for the paper, but the Trump era will be over soon enough and I want the Post to still be here when he's gone.


+100 here too. Though now I subscribe to random things like Rolling Stone who actually has some very interesting news stories. NYT and WSJ. Sigh.
Anonymous
Post 02/04/2026 12:51     Subject: With WaPo’s demise, what other sources of DC metro news coverage?
I’m going to keep paying for the Post because eventually Trump will be gone and I want WaPo to be here and able to rebuild.

For MoCo news I read Bethesda Magazine and MoCo Show.

Politico and The Hill for Congressional politics.

I miss city paper. It’s a shadow of what it used to be.
Anonymous
Post 02/04/2026 12:50     Subject: Re:With WaPo’s demise, what other sources of DC metro news coverage?
It's hilarious that all these people are canceling their subscriptions to the Post to protest Bezos, but those same people would never ever cancel their subscription to Amazon. Bezos doesn't make a dime from the Post. It's been losing money for years.
Anonymous
Post 02/04/2026 12:49     Subject: With WaPo’s demise, what other sources of DC metro news coverage?
Anonymous wrote:Hopefully The Baltimore Banner will expand its excellent local coverage south.

It has already with Banner Montgomery
Anonymous
Post 02/04/2026 12:49     Subject: With WaPo’s demise, what other sources of DC metro news coverage?
Will Bezos close WaPo for 'renovations'?
Anonymous
Post 02/04/2026 12:48     Subject: Re:With WaPo’s demise, what other sources of DC metro news coverage?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Love these people who claim to care about politics and public policy but won't subscribe to the Post. Apparently you don't care that much!


DP. I subscribe to the WSJ, Post and NYTimes. (and Bloomberg!). If the Post doesn’t have decent local news then there is truly no reason for me to keep my subscription. The only thing I will miss is Capitol Weather Gang but I guess I will just follow Matthew Capucci’s socials.


The reason they cut back on local coverage is because people started canceling their subscriptions to protest Bezos. It's not like they don't want to cover local news. This was forced upon them by people thinking they're sticking it to Bezos.
Anonymous
Post 02/04/2026 12:46     Subject: With WaPo’s demise, what other sources of DC metro news coverage?
Anonymous wrote:DH is a journalist (not at WaPo) and we are unsure if we will keep our subscription. I can’t read their opinion section anymore and some of the news coverage is clearly being influenced. And the layoffs are not about becoming more competitive, as the editor claimed. How can we support that with our subscription?

But…it’s the WaPo. It is irreplaceable. And the journalists who remain will only be hurt by cancelling. So we feel stuck. God, I hate Bezos.



I will always subscribe to the Washington Post no matter what. Democracies cannot function without newspapers. No one else cannot replace the Post. Yes, it's a dark time for the paper, but the Trump era will be over soon enough and I want the Post to still be here when he's gone.
Anonymous
Post 02/04/2026 12:45     Subject: Re:With WaPo’s demise, what other sources of DC metro news coverage?
Anonymous wrote:Love these people who claim to care about politics and public policy but won't subscribe to the Post. Apparently you don't care that much!


DP. I subscribe to the WSJ, Post and NYTimes. (and Bloomberg!). If the Post doesn’t have decent local news then there is truly no reason for me to keep my subscription. The only thing I will miss is Capitol Weather Gang but I guess I will just follow Matthew Capucci’s socials.
Anonymous
Post 02/04/2026 12:44     Subject: With WaPo’s demise, what other sources of DC metro news coverage?
Anonymous wrote:Hopefully The Baltimore Banner will expand its excellent local coverage south.


+1