The Washington Post: Democracy Dies With Us

[Buck_Godot]

@Dr.Drake

he right-wing articles were getting dumber and more MAGA

I think that is just probably because the Republican party is getting dumber and more MAGA. My subscription ran out last August and I didn’t renew, but my impression just looking at the OP-ed titles is while it used to be probably 70% left of center with 20% center right and 10% far right, its now something like 50% left of center with 40% center right and 10% far right.

[puzzlegal]

@needscoffee

Their regular articles are often more outright critical of Trump et al than the NYT.

That’s what’s weird. I still get news alerts from both WaPo and the NYT, and WaPo is much blunter about how bad Trump is, how bad his policies are, etc.

I don’t generally read opinion pieces in newspapers, so I’ve been ignoring the descent into evil of the WaPo editorial board. Despite all the cuts, their news is still fairly good.

[steatopygia]

@Dr.Drake

My unscientific reading as a subscriber, until not that long ago, was that while the overall political slant and mix of R / L pieces didn’t much change, the right-wing articles were getting dumber and more MAGA, more like propaganda than the standard I’d expect of an editorial. I haven’t been reading for a few months, but this particular example seems like the trajectory is continuing.

This is what I’ve noticed. I believe that these are shown to Trump as evidence that the Post is becoming more “moderate”.