# who owns the Times?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-owns-the-times/256846>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [July 25, 2004, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-owns-the-times/256846 "2004-07-25T21:35:53Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2004, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-owns-the-times/256846/1 "2004-07-25T21:35:53Z")

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Is it true that “Reverend” Moon owns the NY Times?  
If so, who owns other media outlets?

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**Author:** ![SmackFu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/53a042/32.png) [@SmackFu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmackFu)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2004, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-owns-the-times/256846/2 "2004-07-25T21:55:23Z")

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Moon owns the Washington Times.

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**Author:** ![Earthling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/90db22/32.png) [@Earthling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earthling)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2004, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-owns-the-times/256846/3 "2004-07-25T21:59:58Z")

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[Who Owns What](http://www.cjr.org/tools/owners/).

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**Author:** ![PaulFitzroy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/2acd7d/32.png) [@PaulFitzroy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PaulFitzroy)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2004, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-owns-the-times/256846/4 "2004-07-25T22:19:45Z")

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It’s owned by a Zionist/Freemason cabal in the pocket of the Israeli government working for ex-German nationals under the control of corrupt CIA officials backing up Nicaraguan mercenaries allied with the Vatican.

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**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2004, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-owns-the-times/256846/5 "2004-07-25T22:21:09Z")

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from outer space.

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**Author:** ![adirondack\_mike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b5a626/32.png) [@adirondack\_mike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adirondack_mike)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2004, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-owns-the-times/256846/6 "2004-07-25T23:13:16Z")

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What? No illuminati? :dubious:

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**Author:** ![Atticus\_Finch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ec9cab/32.png) [@Atticus\_Finch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atticus_Finch)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2004, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-owns-the-times/256846/7 "2004-07-26T00:06:29Z")

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> [@adirondack\_mike](#):
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> What? No illuminati? :dubious:

Quiet, you fool! fnord

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**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2004, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-owns-the-times/256846/8 "2004-07-26T00:13:43Z")

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The Illuminati are in there too, but you can’t see them because it’s dark & their lights are off. Muuuch stealthier that way. They almost got wiped out to a man in 1794 when they went on a raid fully illuminated, manuscripts and all.

“Never Again!” we, er, um, _they_ vowed. And so it is to this day and shall always be forevermore.