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Washington Times Shutdown?

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iceweasel11/11/2009 12:28:12 pm PST

Some more reasons why the WT will not be a loss:

SPLC report from 2003:
Defending Dixie
The Washington Times has always been conservative and error-prone — now it’s helping to popularize extremist ideas

Also:

Founded in 1982 by the Rev. Sun Myong Moon, the right-wing cult leader from South Korea, The Washington Times quickly made a name for itself with an approach to news reporting that was unusually ideological.

While the crosstown rival Washington Post moves more than 800,000 papers each weekday, the Times’ circulation has never climbed much higher than 100,000. By his own estimate, Moon has spent upwards of $2 billion to keep the unprofitable paper afloat.

And let’s not forget they’re the erstwhile home of RSM
SPLC in 2005:
The News That Fits
Long criticized for its brand of journalism, The Washington Times makes a habit of publishing the work of extremists — including the wife of the newspaper’s managing editor

McCain still works at The Washington Times, where his articles run under headlines like “Backlash Building in White America.” Under the direction of Fran Coombs and National Editor Ken Hanner, in fact, McCain puts together the paper’s page-two “Culture Briefs” section.

In that section, McCain has used excerpts from racist venues including American Renaissance magazine and the VDARE Web site. (For her part, Coombs has written articles for VDARE and once wrote to American Renaissance with this: “Whites do not like crowded societies, and Americans would not have to live in crowds if our government kept out Third-World invaders.”)