American broadsheet newspaper
The Washington Times is an American conservative [ 3] [ 4] [ 5] [ 6] 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.[ 7]
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.[ 8] [ 9]
The Washington Times has been known for its conservative political stance,[ 3] [ 4] [ 5] [ 6] supporting the policies of Republican presidents Ronald Reagan , George H. W. Bush , George W. Bush , and Donald Trump .[ 10] [ 11] Reagan was a daily reader of The Washington Times .[ 12]
The newspaper has published columns contradicting scientific consensus on multiple environmental and health issues.[ 13] [ 14] [ 15] [ 16] [ 17] [ 18] It has drawn controversy by publishing conspiracy theories about U.S. president Barack Obama [ 19] [ 20] and supporting neo-confederate historical revisionism.[ 21]
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^ "Operations Holdings Inc. – 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 .
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^ Beilinson, Jerry (April 29, 2014). "Playing Climate-Change Telephone" . The New Yorker . Archived from the original on July 20, 2017. Retrieved May 22, 2018 .
^ "Analysis of "Deceptive temperature record claims" " . Climate Feedback . August 28, 2015. Archived from the original on April 8, 2020. Retrieved May 22, 2018 .
^ Hiltzik, Michael (December 4, 2015). "The attack on climate change scientists continues in Washington" . Los Angeles Times . Archived from the original on July 24, 2016.
^ Oreskes, Naomi ; Conway, Erik M. (2010). "Constructing a Counternarrative: The Fight over the Ozone Hole". Merchants of Doubt: How a Handful of Scientists Obscured the Truth on Issues from Tobacco Smoke to Global Warming . Bloomsbury Press. pp. 130–135. ISBN 9781608192939 . LCCN 2009043183 . Archived from the original on May 16, 2020. Retrieved December 29, 2018 .
^ Singer, Fred (1995). "Anthology of 1995's Environmental Myths" . The Washington Times . Archived from the original on December 29, 2018 – via the Independent Institute .
^ Powell, James Lawrence (2011). "Tobacco Tactics: The Scientist-Deniers". The Inquisition of Climate Science . Columbia University Press. pp. 57, 198. ISBN 9780231527842 . LCCN 2011018611 . Archived from the original on May 25, 2019. Retrieved December 29, 2018 .
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Swan, Betsy (December 15, 2015). "Cruz's Cozy Ties To DC's Most Prominent, Paranoid Islamophobe" . The Daily Beast . Archived from the original on April 28, 2020. Retrieved May 22, 2018 .
Bump, Philip (November 16, 2016). "Meet Frank Gaffney, the anti-Muslim gadfly reportedly advising Donald Trump's transition team" . The Washington Post . Archived from the original on July 23, 2016. Retrieved May 22, 2018 .
Clifton, Eli (December 8, 2015). "Meet Donald Trump's Islamophobia Expert" . Foreign Policy . Archived from the original on March 15, 2016. Retrieved May 22, 2018 .
Schlesinger, Robert (June 9, 2009). "The Nutty 'Obama Is a Muslim' Charge Is Back (Now With a Hitler Comparison!)" . U.S. News & World Report . Archived from the original on July 19, 2014.
Nyhan, Brendan (August 24, 2010). "Pundits Blame the Victims on Obama Muslim Myth" . The Huffington Post . Archived from the original on September 14, 2013.
^ Blake, Mariah (February 11, 2013). "The Washington Times takes a giant step—backwards" . Columbia Journalism Review . Archived from the original on April 28, 2020. Retrieved June 29, 2018 .
^ Beirich, Heidi; Moser, Bob (August 15, 2003). "The Washington Times Pushes Extremist, Neo-Confederate Ideas" . Intelligence Report . Southern Poverty Law Center. Archived from the original on March 10, 2016. Retrieved April 28, 2020 .