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[[File:The Washington Post Headquarters (53844901799).jpg|thumb|Headquarters of ''The Washington Post'' at One Franklin Square]] | [[File:The Washington Post Headquarters (53844901799).jpg|thumb|Headquarters of ''The Washington Post'' at One Franklin Square]] | ||
{{Overview section|date=August 2023}} | {{Overview section|date=August 2023}} | ||
''The Washington Post'' is regarded as one of the leading daily American newspapers along with ''The New York Times'', the '' | ''The Washington Post'' is regarded as one of the leading daily American newspapers along with ''The New York Times'', the ''Los Angeles Times'', and ''The Wall Street Journal''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.mondotimes.com/1/world/us/51/474/6821 |title=Washington Post – Daily Newspaper in Washington DC, USA with Local News and Events |publisher=Mondo Times |access-date=March 31, 2012 |archive-date=June 14, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210614005908/https://www.mondotimes.com/1/world/us/51/474/6821 |url-status=live }}</ref> The ''Post'' has distinguished itself through its political reporting on the workings of the White House, Congress, and other aspects of the U.S. government. It is considered a newspaper of record in the U.S.<ref name="FrostWeingarten2017" /><ref name="BartonWeller2014" /> | ||
''The Washington Post'' does not print an edition for distribution away from the [[East Coast of the United States|East Coast]]. In 2009, the newspaper ceased publication of its ''National Weekly Edition'' due to shrinking circulation.<ref>{{cite news |title=Post's National Weekly Edition to Close |url=http://voices.washingtonpost.com/ombudsman-blog/2009/08/posts_national_weekly_edition.html |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=June 2, 2011 |archive-date=June 12, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110612141018/http://voices.washingtonpost.com/ombudsman-blog/2009/08/posts_national_weekly_edition.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> The majority of its newsprint readership is in Washington, D.C., and its suburbs in Maryland and Northern Virginia.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.washingtonpostads.com/adsite/why/media/reach/page1450.html |work=The Washington Post Media |title=The Washington Post's Circulation and Reach |access-date=March 2, 2009 |url-status = dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081120080706/http://www.washingtonpostads.com/adsite/why/media/reach/page1450.html |archive-date=November 20, 2008}}</ref> | ''The Washington Post'' does not print an edition for distribution away from the [[East Coast of the United States|East Coast]]. In 2009, the newspaper ceased publication of its ''National Weekly Edition'' due to shrinking circulation.<ref>{{cite news |title=Post's National Weekly Edition to Close |url=http://voices.washingtonpost.com/ombudsman-blog/2009/08/posts_national_weekly_edition.html |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=June 2, 2011 |archive-date=June 12, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110612141018/http://voices.washingtonpost.com/ombudsman-blog/2009/08/posts_national_weekly_edition.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> The majority of its newsprint readership is in Washington, D.C., and its suburbs in Maryland and Northern Virginia.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.washingtonpostads.com/adsite/why/media/reach/page1450.html |work=The Washington Post Media |title=The Washington Post's Circulation and Reach |access-date=March 2, 2009 |url-status = dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081120080706/http://www.washingtonpostads.com/adsite/why/media/reach/page1450.html |archive-date=November 20, 2008}}</ref> | ||
The newspaper's 21 current foreign bureaus are in [[Baghdad]], [[Beijing]], [[Beirut]], [[Berlin]], [[Brussels]], [[Cairo]], [[Dakar]], [[Hong Kong]], [[Islamabad]], [[Istanbul]], [[Jerusalem]], [[London]], [[Mexico City]], [[Moscow]], [[Nairobi]], [[New Delhi]], [[Rio de Janeiro]], [[Rome]], [[Seoul]], [[Tokyo]], and [[Toronto]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/world/wp/2017/06/01/washington-post-foreign-correspondents/ |title=The Washington Post's foreign correspondents |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=April 5, 2021}}</ref> In November 2009, the newspaper announced the closure of three U.S. regional bureaus in | The newspaper's 21 current foreign bureaus are in [[Baghdad]], [[Beijing]], [[Beirut]], [[Berlin]], [[Brussels]], [[Cairo]], [[Dakar]], [[Hong Kong]], [[Islamabad]], [[Istanbul]], [[Jerusalem]], [[London]], [[Mexico City]], [[Moscow]], [[Nairobi]], [[New Delhi]], [[Rio de Janeiro]], [[Rome]], [[Seoul]], [[Tokyo]], and [[Toronto]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/world/wp/2017/06/01/washington-post-foreign-correspondents/ |title=The Washington Post's foreign correspondents |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=April 5, 2021}}</ref> In November 2009, the newspaper announced the closure of three U.S. regional bureaus in Chicago, Los Angeles and New York City, as part of an increased focus on [[Washington, D.C.]]–based political stories and local news.<ref>{{cite news |title=Washington Post to close three regional bureaux |work=BBC News |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8377802.stm |date=November 25, 2009 |access-date=November 25, 2009 |archive-date=November 25, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091125051824/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8377802.stm |url-status=live }}</ref> The newspaper has local bureaus in Maryland (Annapolis, Montgomery County, Prince George's County, and Southern Maryland) and Virginia (Alexandria, Fairfax, Loudoun County, Richmond, and Prince William County).<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.washpost.com/news_ed/news/bureaus.shtml |title=Washington Post Bureaus |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=November 25, 2009 |url-status = dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090203155750/http://washpost.com/news_ed/news/bureaus.shtml |archive-date=February 3, 2009}}</ref> | ||
As of March 2023, the ''Post''<nowiki/>'s average printed weekday circulation is 139,232, making it the third largest newspaper in the country by circulation.<ref name=majid>{{Cite web |last=Majid |first=Aisha|date=June 26, 2023 |title=Top 25 US newspaper circulations: Largest print titles fall 14% in year to March 2023 |url=https://pressgazette.co.uk/media-audience-and-business-data/media_metrics/top-25-us-newspaper-circulations-down-march-2023/ |url-status=live |access-date=January 16, 2024 |website=Visual Capitalist |language=en-US |archive-date=August 8, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220808141254/https://www.visualcapitalist.com/visualized-the-top-25-u-s-newspapers-by-daily-circulation/ }}</ref> | As of March 2023, the ''Post''<nowiki/>'s average printed weekday circulation is 139,232, making it the third largest newspaper in the country by circulation.<ref name=majid>{{Cite web |last=Majid |first=Aisha|date=June 26, 2023 |title=Top 25 US newspaper circulations: Largest print titles fall 14% in year to March 2023 |url=https://pressgazette.co.uk/media-audience-and-business-data/media_metrics/top-25-us-newspaper-circulations-down-march-2023/ |url-status=live |access-date=January 16, 2024 |website=Visual Capitalist |language=en-US |archive-date=August 8, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220808141254/https://www.visualcapitalist.com/visualized-the-top-25-u-s-newspapers-by-daily-circulation/ }}</ref> | ||
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== Publishing service == | == Publishing service == | ||
Arc XP is a department of ''The Washington Post'', which provides a publishing system and software for news organizations such as the ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'' and the '' | Arc XP is a department of ''The Washington Post'', which provides a publishing system and software for news organizations such as the ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'' and the ''Los Angeles Times''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.niemanlab.org/2018/02/heres-how-arcs-cautious-quest-to-become-the-go-to-publishing-system-for-news-organizations-is-going/ |title=Here's how Arc's cautious quest to become the go-to publishing system for news organizations is going |publisher=Nieman Lab, Harvard University |author=Shan Wang |date=February 2, 2018 |access-date=June 25, 2018 |archive-date=June 25, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180625161023/http://www.niemanlab.org/2018/02/heres-how-arcs-cautious-quest-to-become-the-go-to-publishing-system-for-news-organizations-is-going/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Endangered but Not Too Late: The State of Digital News Preservation (forthcoming)|url=https://mospace.umsystem.edu/xmlui/bitstream/handle/10355/80931/StateOfDigitalNewsPreservation-2021-04-19.pdf?sequence=3|url-status=live|access-date=August 5, 2021|archive-date=August 5, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210805065624/https://mospace.umsystem.edu/xmlui/bitstream/handle/10355/80931/StateOfDigitalNewsPreservation-2021-04-19.pdf?sequence=3}}</ref> | ||
== History == | == History == | ||
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In 1893, the newspaper moved to a building at 14th and E streets NW, where it would remain until 1950. This building combined all functions of the newspaper into one headquarters – newsroom, advertising, typesetting, and printing – that ran 24 hours per day.<ref name=Goodbye>{{cite news | url = https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/magazine/goodbye-old-washington-post-home-of-the-newspaper-the-grahams-built/2015/12/07/023a0382-5d54-11e5-9757-e49273f05f65_story.html | title = Goodbye, old Washington Post, home of the newspaper the Grahams built | first = Marc | last = Fisher | date = December 10, 2015 | newspaper = The Washington Post | access-date = March 24, 2017 | archive-date = February 6, 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170206144016/https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/magazine/goodbye-old-washington-post-home-of-the-newspaper-the-grahams-built/2015/12/07/023a0382-5d54-11e5-9757-e49273f05f65_story.html | url-status = live }}</ref> | In 1893, the newspaper moved to a building at 14th and E streets NW, where it would remain until 1950. This building combined all functions of the newspaper into one headquarters – newsroom, advertising, typesetting, and printing – that ran 24 hours per day.<ref name=Goodbye>{{cite news | url = https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/magazine/goodbye-old-washington-post-home-of-the-newspaper-the-grahams-built/2015/12/07/023a0382-5d54-11e5-9757-e49273f05f65_story.html | title = Goodbye, old Washington Post, home of the newspaper the Grahams built | first = Marc | last = Fisher | date = December 10, 2015 | newspaper = The Washington Post | access-date = March 24, 2017 | archive-date = February 6, 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170206144016/https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/magazine/goodbye-old-washington-post-home-of-the-newspaper-the-grahams-built/2015/12/07/023a0382-5d54-11e5-9757-e49273f05f65_story.html | url-status = live }}</ref> | ||
In 1898, during the [[Spanish–American War]], the ''Post'' printed [[Clifford K. Berryman]]'s classic illustration ''[[Remember the Maine]]'', which became the battle-cry for American sailors during the War. In 1902, Berryman published another famous cartoon in the ''Post'' – ''Drawing the Line in Mississippi''. This cartoon depicts President | In 1898, during the [[Spanish–American War]], the ''Post'' printed [[Clifford K. Berryman]]'s classic illustration ''[[Remember the Maine]]'', which became the battle-cry for American sailors during the War. In 1902, Berryman published another famous cartoon in the ''Post'' – ''Drawing the Line in Mississippi''. This cartoon depicts President Theodore Roosevelt showing compassion for a small bear cub and inspired New York store owner [[Morris Michtom]] to create the teddy bear.<ref>{{cite web|title = Clifford K. Berryman Political Cartoon Collection|url = https://www.archives.gov/legislative/research/special-collections/berryman/|website = www.archives.gov|access-date = August 12, 2015|archive-date = September 5, 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150905152127/http://www.archives.gov/legislative/research/special-collections/berryman/|url-status = live}}</ref> Wilkins acquired Hatton's share of the newspaper in 1894 at Hatton's death. | ||
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During the [[Red Summer of 1919]] the Post supported the white mobs and even ran a front-page story which advertised the location at which white servicemen were planning to meet to carry out attacks on black Washingtonians.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Higgins |first1=Abigail |title=Red Summer of 1919: How Black WWI Vets Fought Back Against Racist Mobs |url=https://www.history.com/news/red-summer-1919-riots-chicago-dc-great-migration |newspaper=History |access-date=December 23, 2019 |archive-date=December 22, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191222214506/https://www.history.com/news/red-summer-1919-riots-chicago-dc-great-migration |url-status=live }}</ref> | During the [[Red Summer of 1919]] the Post supported the white mobs and even ran a front-page story which advertised the location at which white servicemen were planning to meet to carry out attacks on black Washingtonians.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Higgins |first1=Abigail |title=Red Summer of 1919: How Black WWI Vets Fought Back Against Racist Mobs |url=https://www.history.com/news/red-summer-1919-riots-chicago-dc-great-migration |newspaper=History |access-date=December 23, 2019 |archive-date=December 22, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191222214506/https://www.history.com/news/red-summer-1919-riots-chicago-dc-great-migration |url-status=live }}</ref> | ||
In 1929, financier [[Eugene Meyer (financier)|Eugene Meyer]], who had run the [[War Finance Corporation|War Finance Corp.]] since | In 1929, financier [[Eugene Meyer (financier)|Eugene Meyer]], who had run the [[War Finance Corporation|War Finance Corp.]] since World War I,<ref>{{cite book|author=Eustace Clarence Mullins|title=Study of The Federal Reserve|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PozrAgAAQBAJ&q=mullins%20les%20secrets%20de%20la%20r%C3%A9serve%20f%C3%A9d%C3%A9rale&pg=PT14|year=2013|publisher=Simon & Schuster|isbn=978-1-62793-114-4|access-date=September 30, 2020|archive-date=April 16, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210416022142/https://books.google.com/books?id=PozrAgAAQBAJ&q=mullins%20les%20secrets%20de%20la%20r%C3%A9serve%20f%C3%A9d%C3%A9rale&pg=PT14|url-status=live}}</ref> secretly made an offer of $5 million for the ''Post,'' but he was rebuffed by Ned McLean.<ref>{{cite book|author=Carol Felsenthal|title=Power, Privilege and the Post: The Katharine Graham Story|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=x0lNDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT48|access-date=September 9, 2018|year=1993|publisher=Seven Stories Press|isbn=978-1-60980-290-5|page=51|archive-date=June 30, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190630153652/https://books.google.com/books?id=x0lNDwAAQBAJ|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author=Chalmers McGeagh Roberts|title=The Washington Post: The First 100 Years|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OY61AAAAIAAJ&q=%22In+1929+there+had+been,+in+secret,+a+cash+offer+of+$5+million+from+Eugene+Meyer+but+Ned+had+blocked+that+sale%22&pg=PT146|access-date=September 9, 2018|year=1977|publisher=Houghton Mifflin|isbn=978-0-395-25854-5|page=190|chapter=Headed for Disaster – Ned McLean I|archive-date=October 4, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221004065511/https://books.google.com/books?id=OY61AAAAIAAJ&q=%22In+1929+there+had+been,+in+secret,+a+cash+offer+of+$5+million+from+Eugene+Meyer+but+Ned+had+blocked+that+sale%22&pg=PT146|url-status=live}}</ref> On June 1, 1933, Meyer bought the paper at a bankruptcy auction for $825,000 three weeks after stepping down as [[Chairman of the Federal Reserve]]. He had bid anonymously, and was prepared to go up to $2 million, far higher than the other bidders.<ref>{{cite book|author=Carol Felsenthal|title=Power, Privilege and the ''Post'': The Katharine Graham Story|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=x0lNDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT57|access-date=September 9, 2018|year=1993|publisher=Seven Stories Press|isbn=978-1-60980-290-5|page=51|archive-date=March 23, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190323125128/https://books.google.com/books?id=x0lNDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT57|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author=Chalmers McGeagh Roberts|title=The Washington Post: The First 100 Years|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OY61AAAAIAAJ&q=%22Meyer+had+authorized+him+to+bid+up+to+$2+million%22&pg=PT146|access-date=September 10, 2018|year=1977|publisher=Houghton Mifflin|isbn=978-0-395-25854-5|page=194|archive-date=October 4, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221004065511/https://books.google.com/books?id=OY61AAAAIAAJ&q=%22Meyer+had+authorized+him+to+bid+up+to+$2+million%22&pg=PT146|url-status=live}}</ref> These included [[William Randolph Hearst]], who had long hoped to shut down the ailing ''Post'' to benefit his own Washington newspaper presence.<ref>{{cite book|author=Chalmers McGeagh Roberts|title=The Washington Post: The First 100 Years|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OY61AAAAIAAJ&q=%22Hearst+planned+to+kill+THE+POST+and+thus+give+his+Herald+a+morning+monopoly%22&pg=PT146|access-date=September 10, 2018|year=1977|publisher=Houghton Mifflin|isbn=978-0-395-25854-5|page=190|archive-date=October 4, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221004065511/https://books.google.com/books?id=OY61AAAAIAAJ&q=%22Hearst+planned+to+kill+THE+POST+and+thus+give+his+Herald+a+morning+monopoly%22&pg=PT146|url-status=live}}</ref> | ||
The ''Post''{{'s}} health and reputation were restored under Meyer's ownership. In 1946, he was succeeded as publisher by his son-in-law, [[Philip Graham]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Roberts |first=Chalmers M. |date=June 1, 1983 |title=Eugene Meyer Bought Post 50 Years Ago |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1983/06/01/eugene-meyer-bought-post-50-years-ago/910a718e-e71f-46bd-9ad7-78ad9e2107b2/ |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=April 20, 2017 |archive-date=March 23, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170323234408/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1983/06/01/eugene-meyer-bought-post-50-years-ago/910a718e-e71f-46bd-9ad7-78ad9e2107b2/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Meyer eventually gained the last laugh over Hearst, who had owned the old ''[[Washington Times (1894–1939)|Washington Times]]'' and the ''[[Washington Herald|Herald]]'' before their 1939 merger that formed the ''[[Washington Times-Herald|Times-Herald]].'' This was in turn bought by and merged into the ''Post'' in 1954.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1954/03/18/page/D6/article/washington-times-herald-sold-by-tribune-company |title=Washington Times-Herald Sold by Tribune Company (March 18, 1954) |website=Chicago Tribune |access-date=March 23, 2017}} {{dead link|date=February 2018|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> The combined paper was officially named ''The Washington Post and Times-Herald'' until 1973, although the ''Times-Herald'' portion of the [[nameplate (publishing)|nameplate]] became less and less prominent over time. | The ''Post''{{'s}} health and reputation were restored under Meyer's ownership. In 1946, he was succeeded as publisher by his son-in-law, [[Philip Graham]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Roberts |first=Chalmers M. |date=June 1, 1983 |title=Eugene Meyer Bought Post 50 Years Ago |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1983/06/01/eugene-meyer-bought-post-50-years-ago/910a718e-e71f-46bd-9ad7-78ad9e2107b2/ |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=April 20, 2017 |archive-date=March 23, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170323234408/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1983/06/01/eugene-meyer-bought-post-50-years-ago/910a718e-e71f-46bd-9ad7-78ad9e2107b2/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Meyer eventually gained the last laugh over Hearst, who had owned the old ''[[Washington Times (1894–1939)|Washington Times]]'' and the ''[[Washington Herald|Herald]]'' before their 1939 merger that formed the ''[[Washington Times-Herald|Times-Herald]].'' This was in turn bought by and merged into the ''Post'' in 1954.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1954/03/18/page/D6/article/washington-times-herald-sold-by-tribune-company |title=Washington Times-Herald Sold by Tribune Company (March 18, 1954) |website=Chicago Tribune |access-date=March 23, 2017}} {{dead link|date=February 2018|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> The combined paper was officially named ''The Washington Post and Times-Herald'' until 1973, although the ''Times-Herald'' portion of the [[nameplate (publishing)|nameplate]] became less and less prominent over time. | ||
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[[File:Waterboarding a captured North Vietnamese soldier near Da Nang.jpeg|thumb|Two United States soldiers and a [[South Vietnam]]ese soldier [[Waterboarding|waterboard]] a captured [[North Vietnam]]ese prisoner during the | [[File:Waterboarding a captured North Vietnamese soldier near Da Nang.jpeg|thumb|Two United States soldiers and a [[South Vietnam]]ese soldier [[Waterboarding|waterboard]] a captured [[North Vietnam]]ese prisoner during the Vietnam War; the image, which appeared on the front cover of ''The Washington Post'' on January 21, 1968, led to the court-martial of a United States soldier, although ''The Washington Post'' described waterboarding as "fairly common".<ref name=nprweiner20071103>{{cite news |first=Eric |last=Weiner |author-link=Eric Weiner |title=Waterboarding: A Tortured History |date=November 3, 2007 |publisher=[[NPR]] |url=https://www.npr.org/2007/11/03/15886834/waterboarding-a-tortured-history |access-date=December 19, 2007 |archive-date=December 5, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131205074814/http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=15886834 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=walter20061005>{{cite news |first=Walter |last=Pincus |author-link=Walter Pincus |date=October 5, 2006 |title=Waterboarding Historically Controversial |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/04/AR2006100402005.html |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=April 20, 2009 |page=A17 |archive-date=July 6, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140706171507/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/04/AR2006100402005.html |url-status=live }}</ref>]] | ||
In 1933, financier Eugene Meyer bought the bankrupt ''Post'', and assured the public that neither he nor the newspaper would be beholden to any political party.<ref>{{cite book|author=Chalmers McGeagh Roberts|title=The Washington Post: The First 100 Years|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OY61AAAAIAAJ&q=%22In+purchasing+The+Post,+I+acted+entirely+on+my+own+behalf%22&pg=PT198|year=1977|publisher=Houghton Mifflin|isbn=978-0-395-25854-5|page=198|access-date=January 2, 2022|archive-date=October 4, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221004065511/https://books.google.com/books?id=OY61AAAAIAAJ&q=%22In+purchasing+The+Post,+I+acted+entirely+on+my+own+behalf%22&pg=PT198|url-status=live}}</ref> But as a leading Republican who had been appointed [[Chairman of the Federal Reserve]] by [[Herbert Hoover]] in 1930, his opposition to [[Franklin D. Roosevelt|Roosevelt]]'s [[New Deal]] colored the paper's editorials and news coverage, including [[opinion piece|editorializing]] news stories written by Meyer under a pseudonym.<ref>{{cite book|author=Tom Kelly|title=The Imperial Post: The Meyers, the Grahams, and the Paper that Rules Washington|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NhhlAAAAMAAJ&q=%22anonymous%20reporting%22|year=1983|publisher=Morrow|pages=63–64|isbn=978-0-688-01919-8|access-date=May 22, 2020|archive-date=June 14, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210614005907/https://books.google.com/books?id=NhhlAAAAMAAJ&q=%22anonymous+reporting%22|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=Ernest Lamb|title=New Deal a Mistake, Says Glass, Holding U.S. Will Regret It: Senator, in Interview, Tells 'Unvarnished Truth' |agency=The Washington Post|publisher=Eugene Meyer |date=April 8, 1934|pages=1, 4}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=Ernest Lamb|title=Council Fought Security Act, Records Show: Statements by Wagner and Winant Are Refuted by Hearing Transcript. |agency=The Washington Post|publisher=Eugene Meyer |date=October 8, 1936|pages=1, 12}}</ref> His wife [[Agnes Ernst Meyer]] was a journalist from the other end of the spectrum politically. The ''Post'' ran many of her pieces including tributes to her personal friends [[John Dewey]] and [[Saul Alinsky]].<ref>{{cite news|author=Agnes Ernst Meyer|title=In Defense of Dr. Dewey|agency=The Washington Post|date=December 10, 1939|page=B8}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author=Carol Felsenthal|title=Power, Privilege and the Post: The Katharine Graham Story|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=x0lNDwAAQBAJ&q=%22The+Meyers%27+homes%2C+which+he+visited+often+24+Alinsky%22|year=1993|publisher=Seven Stories Press|pages=19, 127|isbn=978-1-60980-290-5|access-date=September 30, 2018|archive-date=July 2, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190702021347/https://books.google.com/books?id=x0lNDwAAQBAJ&q=%22The+Meyers%27+homes%2C+which+he+visited+often+24+Alinsky%22|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=Agnes Ernst Meyer|title=Orderly Revolution|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=h3utnQEACAAJ|year=1945|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=September 30, 2018|archive-date=March 23, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190323125143/https://books.google.com/books?id=h3utnQEACAAJ|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author=Sanford D. Horwitt|title=Let Them Call Me Rebel: Saul Alinsky, His Life and Legacy|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=j44DAQAAIAAJ&q=%22Alinsky%27s+get-togethers+with+Agnes+Meyer%22|year=1989|publisher=Knopf|page=195|isbn=978-0-394-57243-7|access-date=September 30, 2018|archive-date=July 3, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190703020746/https://books.google.com/books?id=j44DAQAAIAAJ&q=%22Alinsky%27s+get-togethers+with+Agnes+Meyer%22|url-status=live}}</ref> | In 1933, financier Eugene Meyer bought the bankrupt ''Post'', and assured the public that neither he nor the newspaper would be beholden to any political party.<ref>{{cite book|author=Chalmers McGeagh Roberts|title=The Washington Post: The First 100 Years|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OY61AAAAIAAJ&q=%22In+purchasing+The+Post,+I+acted+entirely+on+my+own+behalf%22&pg=PT198|year=1977|publisher=Houghton Mifflin|isbn=978-0-395-25854-5|page=198|access-date=January 2, 2022|archive-date=October 4, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221004065511/https://books.google.com/books?id=OY61AAAAIAAJ&q=%22In+purchasing+The+Post,+I+acted+entirely+on+my+own+behalf%22&pg=PT198|url-status=live}}</ref> But as a leading Republican who had been appointed [[Chairman of the Federal Reserve]] by [[Herbert Hoover]] in 1930, his opposition to [[Franklin D. Roosevelt|Roosevelt]]'s [[New Deal]] colored the paper's editorials and news coverage, including [[opinion piece|editorializing]] news stories written by Meyer under a pseudonym.<ref>{{cite book|author=Tom Kelly|title=The Imperial Post: The Meyers, the Grahams, and the Paper that Rules Washington|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NhhlAAAAMAAJ&q=%22anonymous%20reporting%22|year=1983|publisher=Morrow|pages=63–64|isbn=978-0-688-01919-8|access-date=May 22, 2020|archive-date=June 14, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210614005907/https://books.google.com/books?id=NhhlAAAAMAAJ&q=%22anonymous+reporting%22|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=Ernest Lamb|title=New Deal a Mistake, Says Glass, Holding U.S. Will Regret It: Senator, in Interview, Tells 'Unvarnished Truth' |agency=The Washington Post|publisher=Eugene Meyer |date=April 8, 1934|pages=1, 4}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=Ernest Lamb|title=Council Fought Security Act, Records Show: Statements by Wagner and Winant Are Refuted by Hearing Transcript. |agency=The Washington Post|publisher=Eugene Meyer |date=October 8, 1936|pages=1, 12}}</ref> His wife [[Agnes Ernst Meyer]] was a journalist from the other end of the spectrum politically. The ''Post'' ran many of her pieces including tributes to her personal friends [[John Dewey]] and [[Saul Alinsky]].<ref>{{cite news|author=Agnes Ernst Meyer|title=In Defense of Dr. Dewey|agency=The Washington Post|date=December 10, 1939|page=B8}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author=Carol Felsenthal|title=Power, Privilege and the Post: The Katharine Graham Story|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=x0lNDwAAQBAJ&q=%22The+Meyers%27+homes%2C+which+he+visited+often+24+Alinsky%22|year=1993|publisher=Seven Stories Press|pages=19, 127|isbn=978-1-60980-290-5|access-date=September 30, 2018|archive-date=July 2, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190702021347/https://books.google.com/books?id=x0lNDwAAQBAJ&q=%22The+Meyers%27+homes%2C+which+he+visited+often+24+Alinsky%22|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=Agnes Ernst Meyer|title=Orderly Revolution|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=h3utnQEACAAJ|year=1945|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=September 30, 2018|archive-date=March 23, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190323125143/https://books.google.com/books?id=h3utnQEACAAJ|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author=Sanford D. Horwitt|title=Let Them Call Me Rebel: Saul Alinsky, His Life and Legacy|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=j44DAQAAIAAJ&q=%22Alinsky%27s+get-togethers+with+Agnes+Meyer%22|year=1989|publisher=Knopf|page=195|isbn=978-0-394-57243-7|access-date=September 30, 2018|archive-date=July 3, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190703020746/https://books.google.com/books?id=j44DAQAAIAAJ&q=%22Alinsky%27s+get-togethers+with+Agnes+Meyer%22|url-status=live}}</ref> | ||
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Since 2011, the ''Post'' has been running a column called "The Fact Checker" that the ''Post'' describes as a "truth squad".<ref name="About the Fact Checker">Glenn Kessler (January 1, 2017), [https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/01/07/about-fact-checker/ "About the Fact Checker"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190306013444/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/01/07/about-fact-checker/ |date=March 6, 2019 }}, ''The Washington Post''</ref> The Fact Checker received a $250,000 grant from [[Google News Initiative]]/YouTube to expand production of video [[fact-checking|fact checks]].<ref name="About the Fact Checker" /> | Since 2011, the ''Post'' has been running a column called "The Fact Checker" that the ''Post'' describes as a "truth squad".<ref name="About the Fact Checker">Glenn Kessler (January 1, 2017), [https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/01/07/about-fact-checker/ "About the Fact Checker"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190306013444/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/01/07/about-fact-checker/ |date=March 6, 2019 }}, ''The Washington Post''</ref> The Fact Checker received a $250,000 grant from [[Google News Initiative]]/YouTube to expand production of video [[fact-checking|fact checks]].<ref name="About the Fact Checker" /> | ||
In mid-September 2016, Matthew Ingram of ''[[Forbes]]'' joined [[Glenn Greenwald]] of ''[[The Intercept]]'', and Trevor Timm of '' | In mid-September 2016, Matthew Ingram of ''[[Forbes]]'' joined [[Glenn Greenwald]] of ''[[The Intercept]]'', and Trevor Timm of ''The Guardian'' in criticizing ''The Washington Post'' for "demanding that [former National Security Agency contractor Edward] Snowden ... stand trial on espionage charges".<ref>{{cite web|author=Glenn Greenwald|date=September 18, 2016|website=The Intercept|url=https://theintercept.com/2016/09/18/washpost-makes-history-first-paper-to-call-for-prosecution-of-its-own-source-after-accepting-pulitzer/|title=WashPost Makes History: First Paper to Call for Prosecution of Its Own Source (After Accepting Pulitzer)|access-date=October 9, 2016|archive-date=November 10, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161110182839/https://theintercept.com/2016/09/18/washpost-makes-history-first-paper-to-call-for-prosecution-of-its-own-source-after-accepting-pulitzer/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Ingram|first1=Matthew|title=Here's Why The Washington Post Is Wrong About Edward Snowden|url=https://fortune.com/2016/09/19/washington-post-snowden/ |url-access=subscription |date=September 19, 2016 |website=Fortune |access-date=October 9, 2016|archive-date=October 11, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161011193529/http://fortune.com/2016/09/19/washington-post-snowden/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Disis|first1=Jill|url=https://money.cnn.com/2016/09/18/media/washington-post-criticism-snowden-pardon/ |website=CNN Business |title=Washington Post criticized for opposing Snowden pardon|date=September 18, 2016|access-date=August 3, 2020|archive-date=May 27, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200527004403/https://money.cnn.com/2016/09/18/media/washington-post-criticism-snowden-pardon/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Trimm|first1=Trevor|url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/sep/19/washington-post-wrong-edward-snowden-pardon|title=The Washington Post is wrong: Edward Snowden should be pardoned|website=[[TheGuardian.com]]|date=September 19, 2016|access-date=October 9, 2016|archive-date=October 22, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161022102758/https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/sep/19/washington-post-wrong-edward-snowden-pardon|url-status=live}}</ref> | ||
In February 2017, the ''Post'' adopted the slogan "[[Democracy Dies in Darkness]]" for its masthead.<ref name="OldSaying">{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/the-washington-posts-new-slogan-turns-out-to-be-an-old-saying/2017/02/23/cb199cda-fa02-11e6-be05-1a3817ac21a5_story.html|title=The Washington Post's new slogan turns out to be an old saying|last=Farhi|first=Paul|date=February 23, 2017|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=February 26, 2017|archive-date=January 11, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200111001213/https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/the-washington-posts-new-slogan-turns-out-to-be-an-old-saying/2017/02/23/cb199cda-fa02-11e6-be05-1a3817ac21a5_story.html|url-status=live}}</ref> | In February 2017, the ''Post'' adopted the slogan "[[Democracy Dies in Darkness]]" for its masthead.<ref name="OldSaying">{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/the-washington-posts-new-slogan-turns-out-to-be-an-old-saying/2017/02/23/cb199cda-fa02-11e6-be05-1a3817ac21a5_story.html|title=The Washington Post's new slogan turns out to be an old saying|last=Farhi|first=Paul|date=February 23, 2017|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=February 26, 2017|archive-date=January 11, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200111001213/https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/the-washington-posts-new-slogan-turns-out-to-be-an-old-saying/2017/02/23/cb199cda-fa02-11e6-be05-1a3817ac21a5_story.html|url-status=live}}</ref> | ||
==== Political endorsements ==== | ==== Political endorsements ==== | ||
In the vast majority of U.S. elections, for federal, state, and local office, the ''Post'' editorial board has endorsed | In the vast majority of U.S. elections, for federal, state, and local office, the ''Post'' editorial board has endorsed Democratic candidates.<ref name=Pexton2012>{{cite news |author=Patrick B. Pexton |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/patrick-pexton-the-posts-endorsements-historically-tend-democratic/2012/11/02/6890a49a-250a-11e2-ba29-238a6ac36a08_story.html |title=Patrick Pexton: The Post's endorsements historically tend Democratic |newspaper=The Washington Post |language=en |date=November 2, 2012 |access-date=July 5, 2018 |archive-date=July 5, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180705150603/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/patrick-pexton-the-posts-endorsements-historically-tend-democratic/2012/11/02/6890a49a-250a-11e2-ba29-238a6ac36a08_story.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The paper's editorial board and endorsement decision-making are separate from newsroom operations.<ref name=Pexton2012 /> Until 1976, the ''Post'' did not regularly make endorsements in presidential elections. Since it endorsed [[Jimmy Carter]] in 1976, the ''Post'' has endorsed Democrats in presidential elections, and has never endorsed a Republican for president in the general election,<ref name=Pexton2012 /> although in the [[1988 United States presidential election|1988 presidential election]], the ''Post'' declined to endorse either Governor [[Michael Dukakis]] (the Democratic candidate) or Vice President [[George H. W. Bush]] (the Republican candidate).<ref name=Pexton2012 /><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/11/02/us/post-makes-no-endorsement.html |title=Post Makes No Endorsement |work=The New York Times |date=November 2, 1988 |agency=Associated Press |access-date=September 19, 2021 |archive-date=November 5, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211105025222/https://www.nytimes.com/1988/11/02/us/post-makes-no-endorsement.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The ''Post'' editorial board endorsed [[Barack Obama]] in 2008<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/16/AR2008101603436.html |title=Barack Obama for President |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=October 17, 2008 |access-date=April 4, 2009 |archive-date=April 22, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090422090843/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/16/AR2008101603436.html |url-status=live }}</ref> and 2012;<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/washington-post-endorsement-four-more-years-for-president-obama/2012/10/25/6ca309a2-1965-11e2-bd10-5ff056538b7c_story.html |title=Washington Post Endorsement: Four More Years for President Obama |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=October 25, 2012 |access-date=October 28, 2012 |archive-date=October 27, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121027202419/http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/washington-post-endorsement-four-more-years-for-president-obama/2012/10/25/6ca309a2-1965-11e2-bd10-5ff056538b7c_story.html |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Hillary Clinton]] in [[2016 United States presidential election|2016]];<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/hillary-clinton-for-president/2016/10/12/665f9698-8caf-11e6-bf8a-3d26847eeed4_story.html |title=Hillary Clinton for President |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=October 13, 2016 |access-date=October 13, 2016 |archive-date=October 13, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161013112353/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/hillary-clinton-for-president/2016/10/12/665f9698-8caf-11e6-bf8a-3d26847eeed4_story.html |url-status=live }}</ref> and [[Joe Biden]] in [[2020 United States presidential election|2020]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=September 28, 2020 |title=Joe Biden for president |language=en |newspaper=The Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/09/28/editorial-board-endorsement-joe-biden/ |access-date=October 19, 2020 |archive-date=October 5, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201005211345/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/09/28/editorial-board-endorsement-joe-biden/?arc404=true |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2024, the ''Post'' controversially announced that it would no longer publish presidential endorsements.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3" /><ref name=":4" /> | ||
While the newspaper predominantly endorses Democrats in congressional, state, and local elections, it has occasionally endorsed [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] candidates.<ref name="Pexton2012" /> While the paper has not endorsed Republican candidates for [[governor of Virginia]],<ref name="Pexton2012" /> it endorsed [[Governor of Maryland|Maryland Governor]] [[Robert Ehrlich]]'s unsuccessful bid for a second term in 2006.<ref name="Pexton2012" /><ref>{{cite news |date=October 26, 2006 |title=Wrong Choice for Governor |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/25/AR2006102501668.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629002651/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/25/AR2006102501668.html |archive-date=June 29, 2011 |access-date=April 4, 2009 |newspaper=The Washington Post}}</ref> In 2006, it repeated its historic endorsements of every Republican incumbent for Congress in [[Northern Virginia]].<ref>{{cite news |date=October 30, 2006 |title=For Congress in Virginia |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/29/AR2006102900552.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110821080558/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/29/AR2006102900552.html |archive-date=August 21, 2011 |access-date=April 4, 2009 |newspaper=The Washington Post}}</ref> The ''Post'' editorial board endorsed Virginia's Republican U.S. Senator [[John Warner]] in his Senate reelection campaign in 1990, 1996 and 2002; the paper's most recent endorsement of a Maryland Republican for U.S. Senate was in the 1980s, when the paper endorsed Senator [[Charles Mathias|Charlies "Mac" Mathias Jr.]]<ref name="Pexton2012" /> In U.S. House of Representatives elections, [[Moderate Republicans (modern United States)|moderate Republicans]] in [[Virginia]] and [[Maryland]], including [[Wayne Gilchrest]], [[Thomas M. Davis]], and [[Frank Wolf (politician)|Frank Wolf]], have enjoyed the support of the ''Post''; the ''Post'' also endorsed Republican [[Carol Schwartz]] in her campaign in [[Washington, D.C.]]<ref name="Pexton2012" /> | While the newspaper predominantly endorses Democrats in congressional, state, and local elections, it has occasionally endorsed [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] candidates.<ref name="Pexton2012" /> While the paper has not endorsed Republican candidates for [[governor of Virginia]],<ref name="Pexton2012" /> it endorsed [[Governor of Maryland|Maryland Governor]] [[Robert Ehrlich]]'s unsuccessful bid for a second term in 2006.<ref name="Pexton2012" /><ref>{{cite news |date=October 26, 2006 |title=Wrong Choice for Governor |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/25/AR2006102501668.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629002651/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/25/AR2006102501668.html |archive-date=June 29, 2011 |access-date=April 4, 2009 |newspaper=The Washington Post}}</ref> In 2006, it repeated its historic endorsements of every Republican incumbent for Congress in [[Northern Virginia]].<ref>{{cite news |date=October 30, 2006 |title=For Congress in Virginia |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/29/AR2006102900552.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110821080558/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/29/AR2006102900552.html |archive-date=August 21, 2011 |access-date=April 4, 2009 |newspaper=The Washington Post}}</ref> The ''Post'' editorial board endorsed Virginia's Republican U.S. Senator [[John Warner]] in his Senate reelection campaign in 1990, 1996 and 2002; the paper's most recent endorsement of a Maryland Republican for U.S. Senate was in the 1980s, when the paper endorsed Senator [[Charles Mathias|Charlies "Mac" Mathias Jr.]]<ref name="Pexton2012" /> In U.S. House of Representatives elections, [[Moderate Republicans (modern United States)|moderate Republicans]] in [[Virginia]] and [[Maryland]], including [[Wayne Gilchrest]], [[Thomas M. Davis]], and [[Frank Wolf (politician)|Frank Wolf]], have enjoyed the support of the ''Post''; the ''Post'' also endorsed Republican [[Carol Schwartz]] in her campaign in [[Washington, D.C.]]<ref name="Pexton2012" /> | ||
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=== ''China Daily'' advertising supplements === | === ''China Daily'' advertising supplements === | ||
{{Further|China Daily}} | {{Further|China Daily}} | ||
Dating back to 2011, ''The Washington Post'' began to include "China Watch" advertising supplements provided by ''[[China Daily]]'', an English language newspaper owned by the [[Publicity Department of the Chinese Communist Party]], on the print and online editions. Although the header to the online "China Watch" section included the text "A Paid Supplement to The Washington Post", [[James Fallows]] of ''[[The Atlantic]]'' suggested that the notice was not clear enough for most readers to see.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2011/02/official-chinese-propaganda-now-online-from-the-wapo/70690/|title=Official Chinese Propaganda: Now Online from the WaPo!|last=Fallows|first=James|work=The Atlantic|date=February 3, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110207020433/https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2011/02/official-chinese-propaganda-now-online-from-the-wapo/70690/|archive-date=February 7, 2011|url-status=live}}</ref> Distributed to the ''Post'' and multiple newspapers around the world, the "China Watch" advertising supplements range from four to eight pages and appear at least monthly. According to a 2018 report by '' | Dating back to 2011, ''The Washington Post'' began to include "China Watch" advertising supplements provided by ''[[China Daily]]'', an English language newspaper owned by the [[Publicity Department of the Chinese Communist Party]], on the print and online editions. Although the header to the online "China Watch" section included the text "A Paid Supplement to The Washington Post", [[James Fallows]] of ''[[The Atlantic]]'' suggested that the notice was not clear enough for most readers to see.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2011/02/official-chinese-propaganda-now-online-from-the-wapo/70690/|title=Official Chinese Propaganda: Now Online from the WaPo!|last=Fallows|first=James|work=The Atlantic|date=February 3, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110207020433/https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2011/02/official-chinese-propaganda-now-online-from-the-wapo/70690/|archive-date=February 7, 2011|url-status=live}}</ref> Distributed to the ''Post'' and multiple newspapers around the world, the "China Watch" advertising supplements range from four to eight pages and appear at least monthly. According to a 2018 report by ''The Guardian'', "China Watch" uses "a didactic, old-school approach to propaganda."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/dec/07/china-plan-for-global-media-dominance-propaganda-xi-jinping|title=Inside China's audacious global propaganda campaign|last1=Lim|first1=Louisa|last2=Bergin|first2=Julia|work=The Guardian|date=December 7, 2018|access-date=March 21, 2020|archive-date=March 10, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200310193251/https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/dec/07/china-plan-for-global-media-dominance-propaganda-xi-jinping|url-status=live}}</ref> | ||
In 2020, a report by [[Freedom House]], titled "Beijing's Global Megaphone", criticized the ''Post'' and other newspapers for distributing "China Watch".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://freedomhouse.org/report/special-report/2020/beijings-global-megaphone|title=Beijing's Global Megaphone|last=Cook|first=Sarah|publisher=Freedom House|access-date=March 21, 2020|archive-date=March 21, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200321225216/https://freedomhouse.org/report/special-report/2020/beijings-global-megaphone|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/china-is-waging-an-aggressive-propaganda-campaign-to-distort-media-landscape-report-warns/2020/01/15/30fd4d58-374a-11ea-a1ff-c48c1d59a4a1_story.html|title=China is waging a global propaganda war to silence critics abroad, report warns|last=Fifield|first=Anna|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=January 15, 2020|access-date=March 21, 2020|archive-date=October 27, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201027022601/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/china-is-waging-an-aggressive-propaganda-campaign-to-distort-media-landscape-report-warns/2020/01/15/30fd4d58-374a-11ea-a1ff-c48c1d59a4a1_story.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In the same year, 35 Republican members of the U.S. Congress wrote a letter to the U.S. Department of Justice in February 2020 calling for an investigation of potential [[Foreign Agents Registration Act|FARA]] violations by ''China Daily''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3049627/us-lawmakers-push-justice-department-investigate-china-daily|title=US lawmakers push Justice Department to investigate China Daily, label the newspaper a foreign agent|last=Magnier|first=Mark|work=South China Morning Post|date=February 8, 2020|access-date=March 21, 2020|archive-date=August 11, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200811204030/https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3049627/us-lawmakers-push-justice-department-investigate-china-daily|url-status=live}}</ref> The letter named an article that appeared in the ''Post'', "Education Flaws Linked to Hong Kong Unrest", as an example of "articles [that] serve as cover for China's atrocities, including ... its support for the [[2019–20 Hong Kong protests#Mainland China reactions|crackdown in Hong Kong]]."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rubio.senate.gov/rubio-joins-cotton-banks-colleagues-in-urging-doj-to-investigate-china-daily/|title=Rubio Joins Cotton, Banks, Colleagues in Urging DOJ to Investigate China Daily|publisher=Office of U.S. Senator Marco Rubio|access-date=March 21, 2020|date=February 7, 2020|archive-date=March 22, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200322053509/https://www.rubio.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/2020/2/rubio-joins-cotton-banks-colleagues-in-urging-doj-to-investigate-china-daily|url-status=live}}</ref> According to ''The Guardian,'' the ''Post'' had already stopped running "China Watch" in 2019.<ref>{{Cite news|last1=Waterson|first1=Jim|last2=Jones|first2=Dean Sterling|date=April 14, 2020|title=Daily Telegraph stops publishing section paid for by China|language=en-GB|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2020/apr/14/daily-telegraph-stops-publishing-section-paid-for-by-china|issn=0261-3077|access-date=November 23, 2020|archive-date=April 15, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200415012159/https://www.theguardian.com/media/2020/apr/14/daily-telegraph-stops-publishing-section-paid-for-by-china|url-status=live}}</ref> | In 2020, a report by [[Freedom House]], titled "Beijing's Global Megaphone", criticized the ''Post'' and other newspapers for distributing "China Watch".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://freedomhouse.org/report/special-report/2020/beijings-global-megaphone|title=Beijing's Global Megaphone|last=Cook|first=Sarah|publisher=Freedom House|access-date=March 21, 2020|archive-date=March 21, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200321225216/https://freedomhouse.org/report/special-report/2020/beijings-global-megaphone|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/china-is-waging-an-aggressive-propaganda-campaign-to-distort-media-landscape-report-warns/2020/01/15/30fd4d58-374a-11ea-a1ff-c48c1d59a4a1_story.html|title=China is waging a global propaganda war to silence critics abroad, report warns|last=Fifield|first=Anna|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=January 15, 2020|access-date=March 21, 2020|archive-date=October 27, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201027022601/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/china-is-waging-an-aggressive-propaganda-campaign-to-distort-media-landscape-report-warns/2020/01/15/30fd4d58-374a-11ea-a1ff-c48c1d59a4a1_story.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In the same year, 35 Republican members of the U.S. Congress wrote a letter to the U.S. Department of Justice in February 2020 calling for an investigation of potential [[Foreign Agents Registration Act|FARA]] violations by ''China Daily''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3049627/us-lawmakers-push-justice-department-investigate-china-daily|title=US lawmakers push Justice Department to investigate China Daily, label the newspaper a foreign agent|last=Magnier|first=Mark|work=South China Morning Post|date=February 8, 2020|access-date=March 21, 2020|archive-date=August 11, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200811204030/https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3049627/us-lawmakers-push-justice-department-investigate-china-daily|url-status=live}}</ref> The letter named an article that appeared in the ''Post'', "Education Flaws Linked to Hong Kong Unrest", as an example of "articles [that] serve as cover for China's atrocities, including ... its support for the [[2019–20 Hong Kong protests#Mainland China reactions|crackdown in Hong Kong]]."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rubio.senate.gov/rubio-joins-cotton-banks-colleagues-in-urging-doj-to-investigate-china-daily/|title=Rubio Joins Cotton, Banks, Colleagues in Urging DOJ to Investigate China Daily|publisher=Office of U.S. Senator Marco Rubio|access-date=March 21, 2020|date=February 7, 2020|archive-date=March 22, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200322053509/https://www.rubio.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/2020/2/rubio-joins-cotton-banks-colleagues-in-urging-doj-to-investigate-china-daily|url-status=live}}</ref> According to ''The Guardian,'' the ''Post'' had already stopped running "China Watch" in 2019.<ref>{{Cite news|last1=Waterson|first1=Jim|last2=Jones|first2=Dean Sterling|date=April 14, 2020|title=Daily Telegraph stops publishing section paid for by China|language=en-GB|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2020/apr/14/daily-telegraph-stops-publishing-section-paid-for-by-china|issn=0261-3077|access-date=November 23, 2020|archive-date=April 15, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200415012159/https://www.theguardian.com/media/2020/apr/14/daily-telegraph-stops-publishing-section-paid-for-by-china|url-status=live}}</ref> | ||
=== Employee relations === | === Employee relations === | ||
In 1986, five employees, including ''Newspaper Guild'' unit chairman Thomas R. Sherwood and assistant Maryland editor [[Claudia Levy]], sued ''The Washington Post'' for overtime pay, stating that the newspaper had claimed that budgets did not allow for overtime wages.<ref>{{cite news |title=Washington Post Faces Suit Charging Abuse of Overtime |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/10/02/us/washington-post-faces-suit-charging-abuse-of-overtime.html |work=The New York Times |agency= | In 1986, five employees, including ''Newspaper Guild'' unit chairman Thomas R. Sherwood and assistant Maryland editor [[Claudia Levy]], sued ''The Washington Post'' for overtime pay, stating that the newspaper had claimed that budgets did not allow for overtime wages.<ref>{{cite news |title=Washington Post Faces Suit Charging Abuse of Overtime |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/10/02/us/washington-post-faces-suit-charging-abuse-of-overtime.html |work=The New York Times |agency=Associated Press |date=October 2, 1986 |page=A20 |access-date=December 15, 2021 |archive-date=December 15, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211215040116/https://www.nytimes.com/1986/10/02/us/washington-post-faces-suit-charging-abuse-of-overtime.html |url-status=live }}</ref> | ||
In June 2018, over 400 employees of ''The Washington Post'' signed an open letter to the owner Jeff Bezos demanding "fair wages; fair benefits for retirement, family leave and health care; and a fair amount of job security." The open letter was accompanied by video testimonials from employees, who alleged "shocking pay practices" despite record growth in subscriptions at the newspaper, with salaries rising an average of $10 per week, which the letter claimed was less than half the rate of inflation. The petition followed on a year of unsuccessful negotiations between ''The Washington Post'' [[Guild]] and upper management over pay and benefit increases.<ref>{{cite web| author=Isobel Asher Hamilton| url=https://www.businessinsider.com/washington-post-staff-sent-fair-pay-petition-to-jeff-bezos-2018-6| title=More than 400 Washington Post staffers wrote an open letter to Jeff Bezos calling out his 'shocking' pay practices| website=Business Insider| date=June 15, 2018| access-date=June 18, 2018| archive-date=June 18, 2018| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180618082731/http://www.businessinsider.com/washington-post-staff-sent-fair-pay-petition-to-jeff-bezos-2018-6| url-status=live}}</ref> | In June 2018, over 400 employees of ''The Washington Post'' signed an open letter to the owner Jeff Bezos demanding "fair wages; fair benefits for retirement, family leave and health care; and a fair amount of job security." The open letter was accompanied by video testimonials from employees, who alleged "shocking pay practices" despite record growth in subscriptions at the newspaper, with salaries rising an average of $10 per week, which the letter claimed was less than half the rate of inflation. The petition followed on a year of unsuccessful negotiations between ''The Washington Post'' [[Guild]] and upper management over pay and benefit increases.<ref>{{cite web| author=Isobel Asher Hamilton| url=https://www.businessinsider.com/washington-post-staff-sent-fair-pay-petition-to-jeff-bezos-2018-6| title=More than 400 Washington Post staffers wrote an open letter to Jeff Bezos calling out his 'shocking' pay practices| website=Business Insider| date=June 15, 2018| access-date=June 18, 2018| archive-date=June 18, 2018| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180618082731/http://www.businessinsider.com/washington-post-staff-sent-fair-pay-petition-to-jeff-bezos-2018-6| url-status=live}}</ref> | ||