What is/was your opinion on the Washington Post?

[milestogo]

i subscribed for a while, but i found it conservative. And expensive.

Bezos is helping democracy die.

[hlthe2b]

1. Subscribed "religiously" (digital version) until they pulled the Harris endorsement.

Very sad at the demise knowing full well I helped it to happen. But, I did not MAKE it happen--Bezo's capitulation to Trump did.

[Ocelot II]

2. It used to have some excellent columnists and reporters.

But I canceled my digital subscription when Bezos pulled the Harris endorsement.

[dem4decades]

3. Bezos saved me $120 a year after he screwed with the Editorial page. The only thing I hated about quitting it is

they made me stay until my subscription was up, they wouldn't refund my money.

[C_U_L8R]

4. It was all downhill after Jason Robards left

: - )

[markodochartaigh]

5. Was: ok, not bad for a mainstream US paper.

Is: print edition still useful for those who keep a pet parrot.

[TBF]

6. I moved to Wash DC right out of college in the late 80s -

and read it every morning. Like many others, I had switched to online and then canceled when they refused to endorse Kamala.

[bottomofthehill]

7. I subscribed for Sunday home delivery and digital access but,

Bezos pulled the Harris Endorsement. As much as I enjoyed reading the Sunday paper (and the feel of paper and the smell of ink) I could not tolerate the owner interference. It’s amazing the difference a few years makes. In the first Trump administration the Post and the Times were trading haymakers on great stories and reporting now they are a shell of what they were only 5 years ago. It is sad. Under their banner it says democracy dies in the darkness, sadly, democracy dies with the loss of a free press and Bezos is partially responsible for the death of democracy and totally responsible for the death of a once great newspaper.

[NewHendoLib]

8. Was relevant. Is toilet paper.

[mountain grammy]

9. long time subscriber here

loved the Washington Post.. cancelled when the news of them sitting on the Alito flag story came out. The reporter had even interviewed the Alitos on the record.. not much but damn, that was a story.

[walkingman]

10. I thought of it as a incubator for aspiring journalists, especially most of the Graham era.

Things have changed.

[Henry203]

11. One of the two national papers

and a great one. Bezos let it be the Post until 2024. He shrank when it counted.

[GiqueCee]

12. Bozo is...

... the physical manifestation of the banality of evil.

[Ping Tung]

13. During the Woodward, Bernstein, Bradley days, admiration. Now, contempt.

[DET]

14. I subscribed to WAPO for 40+ years

It was our local paper as well as national news. I really looked forward to reading the Post every morning with breakfast. We tried to hold on but we had to terminate our subscription when the truly talented writers were either fired or resigned and the editorial and opinion pages turned far right wing. It was like reading Fox News. I still miss it every day. If it survives, I’ll resubscribe IF it returns to its senses and embraces a moderate to left wing perspective under a new owner.

[gulliver]

15. It's a goner

It's a shame. I still subscribe to the digital edition. It still has some great reporting and editorials.

Well researched, well thought through, balanced news is, unfortunately, a niche taste. If you're really into news, and you have the budget, you might subscribe to two or three outlets that have a location in the name, like "Washington." But I think generic names like CBS, CNN, or MS Now are more likely to succeed.