The Washington Times
| America's Newspaper | |
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| Type | Daily newspaper |
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| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner(s) | Operations Holdings (via The Washington Times, LLC) |
| Founder(s) | Sun Myung Moon |
| Publisher | Larry Beasley |
| Editor-in-chief | Christopher Dolan |
| General manager | David Dadisman[1] |
| News editor | Victor Morton |
| Managing editor, design | Cathy Gainor |
| Opinion editor | Charles Hurt |
| Sports editor | David Eldridge |
| Founded | May 17, 1982 |
| Political alignment | Conservative |
| Language | English |
| Headquarters | 3600 New York Avenue NE Washington, D.C. 20002 |
| Circulation | 52,059 daily (as of 2019)[2] |
| ISSN | 0732-8494 |
| OCLC number | 8472624 |
| Website | www |
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The Washington Times is an American conservative daily newspaper published in Washington, D.C. It covers general interest topics with an emphasis on national politics. Its broadsheet daily edition is distributed throughout Washington, D.C. and the greater Washington metropolitan area, including suburban Maryland and Northern Virginia. It also publishes a subscription-based weekly tabloid edition aimed at a national audience.[3]
The first edition of The Washington Times was published on May 17, 1982. The newspaper was founded by Unification Church leader Sun Myung Moon, and it was owned until 2010 by News World Communications, an international media conglomerate founded by Moon. It is currently owned by Operations Holdings, which is a part of the Unification Church movement.[4]
The Washington Times has been known for its conservative political stance, often supporting the policies of Republican presidents Ronald Reagan, George H. W. Bush, George W. Bush, and Donald Trump.[5][6] During the 1990s and 2000s, The Washington Times published stories supporting neo-confederate historical revisionism. It also drew controversy by publishing conspiracy theories and racist columns by a former editor about U.S. president Barack Obama. The Washington Times has published columns contradicting scientific consensus on multiple environmental and health issues.
- ^ "Rolling Thunder rides into DC for the 29th time" (PDF). We will not forget. May 27, 2016. p. 2. Archived (PDF) from the original on August 15, 2016. Retrieved June 7, 2016.
- ^ "District of Columbia Newspaper Circulation" (PDF). ANR. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 20, 2019. Retrieved February 27, 2020.
- ^ "Subscribe: National Weekly – Washington Times". The Washington Times. Archived from the original on February 2, 2016. Retrieved October 2, 2020.
- ^ "About Us". Operations Holdings. Archived from the original on July 18, 2018. Retrieved March 19, 2018.
- ^ Goodman, Walter (January 21, 1992). "Review/Television; Sun Myung Moon Changes Robes". The New York Times. Archived from the original on April 9, 2019.
- ^ Boot, Max (2018). "The Cost of Capitulation". The Corrosion of Conservatism: Why I Left the Right. Liveright Publishing. p. 124. ISBN 9781631495670. LCCN 2018036979.