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My parents first subscribed to the Washington Post in 1970, when we moved to what is now known colloquially as “the DMV.” As a ten year-old boy growing-up in Rockville, I started out reading the comics, Parade magazine, and, of course, the TV guide. When I was 12, the Post began its investigative reporting into the break-in at DNC headquarters in the Watergate complex. I slowly began reading the national and international news sections, and before long I was hooked. I have been a regular reader for more than 50 years. Thankfully, “the paper” entered the virtual world about the same time my job took me overseas, so I never had to do without the Post’s balanced, comprehensive, and tightly written reporting. As an aside, my first paid job was as a Washington Post delivery boy (sic) in the early 1970s. I have had an aversion to starting work before sunrise ever since. I do not believe that any American can consider himself or herself “well-informed” without reading the Washington Post and/or the New York Times (preferably both) every day. Yes, both outlets are a degree or two left of center when it comes to the news they choose to highlight, but an intelligent reader knows this and can discount it when necessary. None of the center-right outlets, with the intermittent exception of the Wall Street Journal, is on the same journalistic level as the Post or the NYT.

The poem I just read, Good Bones” was quoted in your article. It was exquisitely well-crafted and used to suggest that we can make something beautiful out of a structure, in this case, a social structure and the hollowing out of democracy within it. However, envisioning and creating beauty requires courage. Courage to see reality in all it’s ugliness and envision a better one. It takes commitment and rage and accepting appreciation instead of a salary. In the case of the Washington Post’s editor, I state in prose not poetry, that he failed. He failed to capture reality in the microcosm in which he navigates himself and a multitude of others. He failed to be disgusted and envision a better way. He failed to literally “ stand” up by putting his opinion of who should lead, on the news stands. To take a stand, and choose. Choose unity over polarization rather than cower behind his covers— the inside of the front cover, in this case. I formally rescind my future subscription payment. I, for one, believe one should put their money where their mouth is. And keep that mouth open, as needed.

I have subscribed to the Post since 2018 and, once I tasted hard news and real journalism, I never went back. It all started as a journalism student in high school, where I co-edited the school newspaper and then wrote as a reporter for the University newspaper when I went to college. I learned how much shoe leather and telephone work it takes to get the old job done. Let alone what the reporters at the Post do, and they’re stationed all over the world, even in South America and Riyadh. They assist one another and collaborate. So what you get is top-notch information from well-educated, good writers- and there’s no substitute for a good writer. You may have misgivings about the Post, or qualms, having heard in the news that people left, but lots of talent have stayed: some of their best war reporters, intelligence analysts, investigative reporters, economic reporters, finance writers, and opinion columnists are still plugging away. They’re sticking with it, and that takes guts and perseverance. If they’re willing to do that, you ought to give them a chance. Try a trial. It’s only like 4 bucks a month at first, I believe. And even when it goes to the regular rate, it’s cheaper than other major national newspapers. Take it from me, the Post is worth it.

I don’t walk around in the daylight with a lit lamp but like Diogenes I always seem to be searching for an honest man in my everyday life and in the media. I subscribe to WAPO because it more often than not holds a reasonable attitude and attempts to maintain a democratic humanistic position when reporting on world events. Unfortunately, like all the media of today it struggles to pry attention away from the melee of social media and in doing so falls prey to the hunger for attention it like others in major media considers it needs and in so doing will attempt to use sensationalism. One clear criticism I hold is the unbalanced treatment given to the Hamas terrorists who knowingly use its citizens as political hostages, pawns, and martyrs in order to garner world wide sympathy in their over reaching propaganda war. Not clearly exposing Hamas’ admitted tactics in a very clear way with the appropriate horror and sustain in order to pander to uneducated and I’ll informed students is unwelcome and unworthy. I strongly urge you to not only step away from sensationalism but to make ridicule of it and actively wage war against it. Make that your platform with all the righteous passionate driven purpose you can. Your strength can be in is in the truth the WAPO lantern can provide. Shine brightly.

This is the best of the three apps that the Washington Post has out there. The print version is exactly what it sounds like; nothing wrong with it, but I get tired of zooming in and having to find the continuation of the article. The newest app has a slick design, so it looks very current, but it is terrible to use. This app is the ‘middle’ one; it is a continuation of the first digital-native app they came up with, and although it isn’t super pretty, it has a nice display of multiple articles, so you can decide what you want to read rather than having one particular article pushed on you. The articles read cleanly, and the graphics are well incorporated. Major problems with it include the fact that even for subscribers some of the advertising — especially in videos — is intrusive, links sometimes connect to paywalled content, and, most importantly, if you are mid-article and leave the app, when you restart it, it resets to the front page. Sometimes it can be quite difficult to relocate the article that you were reading previously. Better reading apps (Kindle, Apple Books, etc.) reopen to what you were previously reading and give you the choice when you want to return to the top-level directory.

My husband and I live in Nebraska. We actually have two homes, a shouse in northeast Nebraska and a home in Lincoln. It has given us both great anxiety in recent years to see what has happened to our democracy. My grandfather immigrated from Sweden. He deeply treasured the opportunities that were afforded to him and other family members when they came to the United States. He prided himself on being politically astute. That desire to know what is happening in our beloved country and to participate in the political process was passed on to his family. My husband and I were Peace Corps volunteers in the 60’s and we lived and worked in 6 other countries. We have been proud to be citizens of the United States. We have great difficulty understanding the behavior of a significant number of our present day politicians. In spite of all this, we strive to stay informed about our country now and about what may happen in the not so distant future. We greatly appreciate the work of the Washington Post to keep us informed about the State of our Nation! Thank you!

Since the update today the app does not open/simply crashes every time I attempt to open it. Is that one of the exclusive new tools? Just wondering.... When I attempted to open the updated app, the app would show the opening screen (grey page with “Washington Post” in the center of the screen). This remained for roughly thirty seconds after which the app would suddenly close. When double-clicking on the iPhone home button following the crash, a “ghost image” of a page from a Washington Post article that I last read before the update would show as one of the open apps. I assume—but cannot say with certainty—that this article was open when the app updated. In order to resolve the situation, I deleted and then re-downloaded the update app. After signing into my Washington Post account via the reinstalled app, I successfully regained access to the app/Washington Post content. I’ve not encountered further issues with the updated app since that time.

Ok, I’ve never had an issue with the app until now, but I have to express my displeasure about the new way the comments are being handled. I have to preface this by saying that I’m a big fan of the free-ranging comments sections attached to most stories. Unfortunately, I don’t like how the comments scroll endlessly without any breaks now. My old (and preferred) method was to read through a page or two just to get a general idea of what people were saying. I don’t want my OCD to kick in and get carried way in an endless scroll. Please, return to the old way or, at least, let us choose one method or the other. It really is annoying. Also, as a suggestion, I think it would be cool if another method of sorting the comments was added to the present options of newest, oldest, most replies and most liked. How about we also get to choose a completely randomized selection of comments? That could be a nice way to discover a few hidden gems that got buried at some point. Just a thought.

To the people of the Washington Post: I live in New York City and I receive the print edition of the New York Times and devour it every morning. Were it not for my concern for the environment and for my time, I would convert my subscription to The Post and about half a dozen other news sources from purely electronic to all media. I find that the Post supplies insights and coverage that I find superior to that of my hometown paper--which I have been reading daily since 1960. I have a deep concern for the future of newspapers in this country, preferably in physical not just electronic. My modest contribution to preserving a vital -- and viable -- newspaper industry is to subscribe to, beyond the print edition of the NY Times, the electronic editions of the Boston Globe, the Baltimore Sun, the Los Angeles Times, the Seattle Post, the Financial Times, the McClatchy Group, The Guardian and several web-only publications. As a result, I end up with a very cc'd crowded in-box but a slight glow from believing that I am making a genuine contribution to preserving a free press. And I get alerted to gems from around the country that I would have otherwise missed. I probably read half a dozen articles in your fine paper every day. I find your paper's take on the news and issues of the day almost always more incisive and less mealy-mouthed than that of the aptly-named Gray Lady. I send congratulations to Mr. Bezos for his clearly philanthropic role in subsidizing the maintenance of the highest journalistic standards at this great newspaper. I pray that each big-city daily will find a deep-pocketed savior like Jeff Bezos who can allow great newspapers to overcome the intense financial pressures of today's news business--without apparent political or fiscal motivations. This is the way that Democracy will NOT die in darkness.

I grew up in DC in the 60s and the Post was always on our family’s stoop despite little money to spare. My mother said it was important to be aware of the world around us and since there were six of us, it was a bargain. Like most of us, the Post has had its up and downs, but it always strives for excellence. Journalism is a tough business, especially with the multitude of social media options. Along with the NYT and the Boston Globe, it is my go to for honest reporting—-they endeavor to separate fact from fiction. One thing—-I am really torn by the Post’s scoop on Jack Teixerira’s horrendous distribution of top secret documents. On the one hand, I am fairly certain the Post helped pave the way to JT’s arrest, but I struggle with whether or not they had to reveal all the documents that had to do with national security. I know, I know, citizens need to know what our government is up to. But…Loose lips sink ships? For me the bigger story is how in the world did a slimy punk get his hands on this info and what are we going to do about it?

Wa Post does a very professional job of researching their articles. I appreciate the level of professionalism in journalism. It would be interesting to me to read more articles in regards to political issues of why the differences in political views. What are the reasons why some people want to believe in conspiracy theories. Why some highly educated people either buy into them, or just use them for their own aims. Also it would be interesting to see articles that explain the basic core beliefs of republicans vs Democrats, and how those beliefs are taken to extremes. We are in a time where we don’t want to ask our families or neighbors about their beliefs because they are just that, their beliefs and it does not provide any goodwill to question another’s beliefs, so if we can read about a reporters conversation with different views and maybe question their thoughts that may not make sense to some, that could be helpful. Thanks for great journalism!

I generally like The 7 on The Washington Post it has some items usually there that are unexpected and not in the usual news cycle items. I like the commentators generally. However some aesthetic issues bother me a little bit. The music in between the articles is now become quite old and boring. They need to change that up. And sometimes the music doesn't go with what the last item was because the item may have said somebody died or something for example and the music comes on which is bright and doesn't fit with what the persons just said in the article. maybe no music would be appropriate at that time. The background art is a little dubious as well. They might consider artificial intelligence of drawing that's neutral that won't take away from the articles. I think one of the pictures shows an eye looking at you which is kind of weird. Primates do not like to look at another primates eye in general.

Yesterday I read that Facebook refused to take down the edited and altered video of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Facebook’s explanation for their action was incomplete and insincere. I have long been uncomfortable with the role of so called social media platforms in our daily lives. I was especially uncomfortable about the role Facebook has played in the 2016 presidential election in our country and the Brexit vote in the UK not to mention it’s role in social unrest in other parts of the globe. Yesterday my unease blossomed into full blown outrage. Despite knowing that the altered video was false Facebook declined to pull it. Done and Done! I posted my outrage on my page and advised Facebook that I was deleting my account. I know they have algorithms that pick out comments such as mine and that in time it will come to their attention. Then I went into Settings and deleted my account. Interestingly my sister had deleted her Facebook account about 2 months ago saying that the hateful rhetoric made her feel anxious. I called her to let her know I had deleted my account. She told me that I was the 4th person this week to tell her they had deleted their Facebook account. Facebook, take notice. WE are the customer. We don’t like how your product is being wielded like a weapon, especially in the political arenas. Vote with your virtual feet and delete your account. Hold them accountable for their misdeeds. We would do the same with any other consumer product that was unsafe.

The WaPo app is pretty smooth and I like the option to read the daily newspaper print layout in PDF form. Of course, the journalism is excellent. On the other hand, I do worry that the digital newspaper is lately becoming a bit too enhanced with AI. (Although I do appreciate he paper’s thorough news coverage of the tech sector). I don’t really find the idea of a synthetic voice reading out a story very appealing (even though I can see how it would help people with accessibility issues). Generally, the MSM are pushing us into the Matrix by not being skeptical around the question of whether there is anyone who really even needs artificial intelligence for anything. (Or whether the risks to society outweighs the benefits.) Also, it seems that there has been quite a proliferation of the number of advice and lifestyle columns in the Washington Post in recent years, to the point of over saturation. it does make one wonder what sort of target market the Bezos-owned company thinks I am.

Democracy dies in darkness is a phrase all your readers count on the Washington Post upholding. So far, so good! Please don't let up. There is still more investigative reporting that needs to be done because, unfortunately, there aren't enough newspapers to assist the Post & the NY Times. Please continue to keep the high journalist standards without being “handwring liberals” in continuing to cover Trump. Between the election & the court cases, I think the Post does a good job in the Trump coverage and summary of the status of the cases but you still need to call a spade a spade i.e. When Trump says “off-colored” &/or “total incoherent statements” they need to be given proper in-depth coverage. The New York times does a better job of that type of reporting, I think. Politics & the Federal Government by the Post is the best in the country by far. While the Washington Post is not perfect, given the human condition, the Washington Post is still my favorite newspaper & has been for the last 50 years. Thank you for your service, one & all.

I have been reading the Washington Post pretty regularly for perhaps 40 years. Over the past 10 years or so I have switched to reading and listening to the podcasts of the New York Times more and more. The New York Times simply has more horsepower which has translated into great young reporters and reporting. But, I still read the Post online and enjoy the printed Sunday Post. Why? The Washington Post simply has (and has had) many great writers. I’m referring to political reporters like Dan Balz and Dana Milbank; Dana Priest on the military, op-ed writers like George Will, Michael Gerson, Anne Applebaum, and Ruth Marcus; Marc Fisher and Petula Dvorak on the Metro page; and Sally Jenkins, Tom Boswell, and Michael Wilbon on the sports page. That’s a pretty incredible list of journalistic stars. I’m surely dating myself in picking those names. But, these writers (and a number of other Washington Post journalists) have been excellent over many years and continue at the highest levels of journalism today. All have been very important to Washington Post History over the last 50 years. Mentioning that number of years of course rings one more bell, in particular. I refer to the long and storied career of Bob Woodward that extends from the 1970s up to the present. His phone conversations with Trump may be even more breathtaking than his Watergate reporting. So, I am attached to the Washington Post. But, as this note undoubtedly shows, I am more attached to its past than its present.

As a born and bred New Yorker from the forties, now retired in Florida, I escaped the cold with only one source of print media, The Times. I continue to read it in digital form and the machinations of New York life remain interesting to me. A like minded friend whom I met upon settling into Palm Beach County alerted me to the benefits of reading The Post. It wasn’t as if I didn’t know of its existence. Anyone who lived through the Watergate era had to be impressed by the quality of investigative reporting that it produced. I have been reading it daily for the last five years. It has become the foundation of my national news ever since. The quality of reporting is excellent, appropriately focused and it certainly disdains sensationalism. During this past year of COVID-19 and the election I stay in touch with breaking news throughout the day. Thank you for asking for my opinion and for producing such a high quality publication. Respectfull, David Eidelman.

My reading of the Post goes back to Watergate when it was all alone in reporting on the scandal against fierce opposition from the government lead by Nixon. So I trust the Post’s reporting. Another reason I like reading the Post is the great literary style of it’s writing. Sometimes I reread a sentence because it is so well written. Even straight news reporting often has interesting phrases. I really enjoy Martin Weil’s weather writing. Sometimes it’s almost poetic. And I’ve watched a Robin Given (can’t spell last name) advance from writing about fashion to interesting and timely commentary on important current events. I also enjoy seeing the variety of different ethnic names of the writers of various news stories This is a very American trait that I am dismayed to see under attack. So keep up the good work and I’ll keep reading. PS Thete are several other columnists I regularly read but don’t have time to list them

Dear Washington Post, Yes…I’m aware that the times have changed in ALL profitable industries. Be clear, this review is NOT about that. Instead, as a suggestion, please read the most current book by Alexandra Robbins. You don’t even need to read the entire chapter to understand her gist. Why? Because I am a lifetime reader of WaPo. Now go to the July 16 issue - G section. On G3 there is the data analysis for the week. Kids aren’t looking for topics that don’t concern them. To further my point…read the largest photo in the Lifestyle section AND the front page of today’s Business section. Talk about high interest stories for upper elementary students. Please have enough professional faith in veteran teachers to use the resources available to them. Let’s perpetuate and build readers in the DMV area…. these are your future subscribers to your online access… Please take this up the chain. You can do this. Thank you.

I was, since the age of FIVE, when I learned how to read well, an avid reader (seriously!) of anything except sports, in the New York Times. Fast forward to the ripe old age of 66, and slowly but steadily, since 2016, when the presidential election was lost to a would-be despot (will-be?), I gravitated toward the Washington Post. Recently, I look the leap, and I am now a subscriber to the Washington Post. As of now, I am an avid supporter of this fine newspaper, and even when I know an article I am about to read is one I will find utterly awful because of the subject (such as racial bigotry and Trumps’s constant tweeting random/or lies), I KNOW I will be reading what MUST be read for the sake of TRUTH, not “fake news” or “alternative facts”. The Washington Post simply IS to me what the NEW YORK TIMES was- superb journalism without the backsliding. I couldn’t be happier with my first choice in news readership!

Our Founding Father’s created a government that was is supposedly designed with “Checks and Balances.” What they did not plan on was that moment when one of those branches lacks the integrity or courage to executed their solemn oath to protect and defend the Constitution of the United States. Sadly, that is where we find ourselves at this moment. The WP and others in MSM - particularly print media - have courageously stepped in to fill the breech to bravely defend the Rule of Law, and the concept of Human Decency our forefathers valued so much. So far, their reward - to come under an attack that seems to get stronger everyday. At some point history will show us who were the heroes and who were the villains of this moment in our journey. No doubt - America’s Free Press will be among those heroes. My hope is that ALL of America comes to that realization soon. I’m not sure we will ever truly appreciate the great patriotic service these journalist have performed for our nation.

The Washington Post is my go to source for news, opinion, and deep dive investigations into American government and politics. The WaPo app is great, and if you subscribe, you get audio on almost everything. I love that feature, and use it daily. As a convenient bonus, you can get all access to WaPo right now for 29 bucks instead of 120, with their generous Labor Day sale. If you miss this sale, they’ll have others…but I’ve never seen a better one than this, just saying. And no, I’m not affiliated with WaPo in any way. I’m someone who sees the necessity of supporting the work they do as our country’s fourth estate. If we lose real journalism to the propaganda filled alternatives popping up everywhere, our great American Experiment will be defeated before it ever reaches its lofty goals. Just get the app and subscription…you won’t be sorry.

I read WAPO daily, and NYT, the guardian, the Atlantic, listen to NPR; I used to read WSJ, I like Spiegel, CN news, nothing in the Middle East, read Moscow Carnegie Int’l for peace and security. The combination of this effort gives me an insight into what is going on in the world and domestically. I stopped reading WSJ; the subscribers are too racist for my taste. The NYT is somewhat similar to WAPO; last year was good for both newspapers. WAPO accepted about 80 % of my comments, the NYT barely 20%. Carnegie no longer accept comments, the comments were too damaging for allied countries in the middle east. I am no longer interested in what they have to say. Comments are extremely important for a large sector of subscribers. WAPO IS SCREENING AND REJECTING MORE COMMENTS. Progressive democrats may decide to create online their own forum and subscriptions for WAPO/NYT may plateau. Forums end up becoming more radicals. There are plenty of good publications waiting for readers. WAPO SHOULD NOT TAKE READERS FOR GRANTED.

I retired from USPS in 2017. The Post Office was created during the birth of our nation. It was created as a Service for our nation not a business entity. That was changed under a Republican Administration in 1972. It was was made a quasi government enterprise to make a profit. In which it did. The government took their profits for many years. Then in another Republican Administration in 2007 made sure the Usps was saddled with paying forward health expanses and pensions so far ahead that people not born yet will have the pensions and health care funded. No other government entity has this burden. This was done to hurry the break up of the Usps so it can be pickup by private companies. My know the history and the job,,I know the Usps. I have always considered the Usps a Service to the American people not a business . It should not be saddled with fiscal burdens to destroy it but it must be returned to what the founding fathers wanted,,to be a Service to the American people. Thanks BW Cox

Frightening how much advertising, hacking, interruptions not desired crowd into the actual news reporting. Frightening how google overrides my safari. Apparently this is the way the internet works now and everyone I mention it to hates it also. Stressful. Annoying. A huge waste of time deleting. No wonder we are in a mental health crisis. Aside from the time it takes to eliminate trash and waste, instant news is a miracle, the WP is filled with useful if heartbreaking information. I wish the writers were more representative in their numbers of the actual population of this country. Also wish the Senate represented the population numbers of the State. It is beyond belief how incorrectly and unfairly they represent the people in various states. Democracy is an uphill battle against power interests and money. Will never change. A tribute to courage and decency that the fight continues. Thank you.

Thank you to all journalists who keep the news coming. I’m not a journalist I’m a music teacher. Please support journalism anywhere that tells the truth. If we don’t it will end life as we know. Encourage friends, families young people to read and know what is going on in America and the world. The world is scary and by being informed we must make informed decisions to support each other as humans in a complex and rapidly declining world. How my heart aches for those oppressed and downtrodden by oppressors. How my heart aches for the lies told in the world. How my heart aches for those who are uninformed and make shallow decisions without regard for humanity. Thank you WP and other news outlets for taking the truth for those who have no voice. I support you wholeheartedly! I try to make it my mission to read and understand on a daily basis. Please consider making it your personal mission are well.

I have written again& again to ask WP to PLEASE provide the option to “x” out google ads in recipes. On any other site I can “x” out ads & put the recipe in PDF form in iBooks on my phone. I’m a paying subscriber & can copy recipes from NYT & many other sites after I “x” out google by clicking on the “x” in the ad & then click on “ad covers content.” It works everywhere but not on WP site. I did that on several ads in today’s “special” recipe from WP but could not on a US Cellular ad. So the stinking ad covers a huge chunk of the instructions for the recipe. Thanks, WP, for not giving a rip- for YEARS. I’ll never look at recipes again on your site & I’m considering ending my subscription. Their “tech” team seems to not have a clue. US Cellular’s ad is an encouragement to never use their service. I don’t now & never will.

The epitomy of very good journalism.

Given your refusal to endorse the only viable, not to say sane, presidential candidate in 2024 is a shameful act of cowardice. I’m done with the Post. Drew Perry

Aggressive and reliable reporting. The Post Most is essential reading every day. I like the way the app works,too. Good service.

I love the post most. The listen to this story so I can listen hands free while I shave, eat or drive. I love being to send article to friends for free. I love the opinion pieces and I love the coverage of not just U.S. politics but the whole world. A great news ap

Easy to navigate through one of the few paragons of responsible journalism.

The WP has become my "go to" news app. I prefer it to other major news sources and news "amalgamations". I like the way that the articles are organized and the layout. One feature that I like in particular is the ability of the app to read articles to me when I am out on walks.

The Washington Post is this Canadian’s way of staying in touch with my southern neighbour. Naturally, my world view is different as our culture and historical evolution is different, but I love my daily session with the Post. I often comment too, always respecting I’m a guest in your country. I often forward opinion pieces to my Canadian friends and family.

The new listen feature is worth the price of admission. Turns a sometimes wonky iOS feature rock-solid and easy to use. Great job.

Don’t get your news for free...you get what you pay for. Reasonably priced subscription...worth every penny

I love the digital printed edition. Thank you for offering this option.

I appreciate the factual, straightforward style of writing in the Washington Post articles. The depth and breadth of coverage is also much appreciated. The descriptive subheadings help me to know of key happenings nationally and internationally, and decide if I wish to read further. Clear labelling about whether an article is a report or an analysis of events is also appreciated. As a Canadian, I would of course like to see more coverage of Canadian events of significance that may impact Americans and the rest of the world.

Even here in Canada the Wash Post and NY Times are respected bastions of the free press,reliable and rational reporters of the observable,mortal world we share...esp during these present days the calm and collected reporting,reaction and reflection these papers bring to the reader are much needed and appreciated...but,the constant sign-in,password and captcha routines are driving me to the edge of un-subscribing...you have my money,give me the access I’ve paid for,instead of endless fuzzy captchas’ and still no ability to save articles...because of that the rating should be a meh 3 stars but the 5 star content brings it up to 4 stars....

Almost as good as it used to be … but many / most of the best journalists have departed, the editorials have become weak and tepid, and the AI censor bots police and control the comments sections in an overzealous manner. New ownership might help fix some issues.

I find that your positions on everything is contrary to fairness and help to play in the MAGA movement. Why cut so many journalists? So much money to Trump?I cannot help to find you are sold to the extreme right and help destroy your reputation as fair and an objective newspaper.

I am a Canadian who started subscribing to the Post leading up to the 2024 Presidential election so I could get a US perspective of what is going on. Reporting in Canada shows a much darker perspective than what the US has been reporting. It has taken a while, but the Post and other major US news outlets are reporting, without doubt, that the emperor has no clothes. They hinted at it in disbelief before, but now they are full on reporting it. The recent gutting of the News Department is irrefutable evidence that democracy can and could die in darkness. Stay strong. Keep telling the truth, the real truth.

Frustrating

To the point, concise, factual, no fluff, truthful just the way this democratic Canadian neighbour likes it, eh?

Accurate information, non biased paper.

I ease my way into each morning as follows. A scan of the political headlines so that I can groan at the stupidity emanating from the Trump administration. Next, the Opinion Cartoons. Then, onto my most important morning task. Reading the Cartoons. As I chuckle at different strips, I am reminded of how folks I know reflect the humour featured. I will then copy and paste and send them the strip, usually with a snappy comment. Dennis the Menace become a highlight as the daily insight into my friends life. All fun.

There are issues. First, it randomly switches, constantly between black pages with white lettering and white pages with black lettering. Why can’t they let me choose instead of trying to guess and constantly distracting me while I am trying to read? Second, it likes to launch me into some kind of built in web browser that claims I am not logged in. I tried getting help, but they told me I had to upgrade my iPad iOS to a version that hadn’t been released for my device yet. Third, it doesn’t let you go back one day even. So let’s say I open the app and initially I see a whole page of juicy article titles! But then I am not allowed to read any of them unless I can quickly memorize their titles. Why? Because it always forces an update as soon as you open it, so you have to wait while it tantalizes you and them changes all the titles. To see yesterday’s stories, you have to go search for them. By title usually. That is SO annoying. Fourth, they have some really amazing but graphically intense articles. But there is no way to turn off the pictures in them. So if you’re in a place with slow internet (2G), you can’t even read the text, just because you can’t download all the graphics. The journalism is good enough that I keep putting up with this app. I still recommend it but I wish they’d hire programmers who understand that their customers are not all reading on brand new devices running on super high speed internet. I often give up and have to go read on a computer or use Safari.

The other day I noticed on a couple media bias graphs that the WP was dead center with the highest amount of original content. As someone who doesn’t fit in either political party I have been longing for a news source that works hard to see both sides, like I do. So, when I saw the graphs I decided to order a subscription at a promo price that seemed generous. The first two days I read as much as I could and seemed to be getting what I had hoped for. Then yesterday I opened the app and was dismayed at what I saw yesterday. Four out of the six featured pieces were obviously left leaning on the issues of state rights, abortion, and the use of presidential power (9/5/21). Were the other two right leaning to at least attempt to give a little balance? No, they were not. They were about items that didn’t have a political impact. I’m going to give the Post a couple more weeks to try to prove me wrong on this, but I’m not all that hopeful. Has the news media swung so far left in general that the Post just looks centrist by comparison? I love the way the app is arranged. But I do have a complaint about the search feature. I searched for articles on Indonesia and got several hits from a couple of weeks ago. When I attempted to click on the links the only place they sent me was back to the front page of the current day.

I am a moderate Republican and an Investment Advisor. I subscribe to WAPO so I can stay informed on both sides of the issues. I don’t make decisions based upon headlines and soundbites. I really have enjoyed your coverage of the Middle East conflict (catastrophe). I find it fair and enlightening. Your writers are so talented and engaging. Your political coverage, however, has been myopic and dishonest. Your Editorial Board lives in a bubble. Your writers have no grasp of what every day Americans care about. I’m not a huge fan of the MAGA movement, but I do believe the election was about illegal immigration; law and order; distrust of Washington elites and bureaucrats; and the county’s distaste for far left, fringe, anti American objectives. Calling the American Centrists (which are most of us) racists, bigots, and uneducated only stoked the average American’s disdain. You need writers with broadly differing views. You need balanced reporting. That’s the only way to restore trust in Journalism. What the vast majority of your writers do is not Journalism, it’s propaganda. Your editorial board considers readers uninformed and unable to make up their own minds. That’s so condescending and it’s why you lost. Your boss Jeff is right. Democracy dies in darkness? I have no interest in your brand of democracy. Apparently, neither does America.

Where to start. Me - grad degree in science, retired business owner, independent former republican who leans left. I’ve long enjoyed the Washington Post and recently when another friend decided to cancel both WaPo and the NYT I criticized her decision by saying there is still good journalism there…and I do indeed think that there is. However, when your mantra/logo says “Democracy Dies in Darkness”, when your own political cartoonist depicts your action to not endorse with a canvas that is blacked out, and when your own long-time, award winning journalists and former editorial board members blast your decision to not endorse a political candidate because Bezos told you not to…then you have to wonder what influence he will have on reporting, or op-eds in the future? It would have been different if WaPo had announced this decision months ago, but when it is 11 days before Election Day - that is unforgivable and to me shows cowardice by the editorial board and Bezos. For awhile I taught college courses to future consultants/scientists and I used to tell them that the most important thing that they had was their personal and professional integrity, and that once it was lost there was little chance of getting it back. With Bezo’s telling WaPo not to endorse that colors the lines of WaPo’s professional integrity. It is that loss of integrity, combined with the unknown of how future articles could be influenced by your owner that has me wondering…and why I will be canceling.

When I was growing up in Washington DC, Northern Virginia my father was a great reporter who was well respected. He wanted me to read the Washington Post which I started to do at a young age. At this time the paper appeared to be a good place for learning the news. He stated that it was overall unbiased and had good information and reporters. I grew to enjoy reading the paper in the late 60’s and early 70’s. Trouble with the paper is it’s honestly a slanted paper. Constantly attacking Trump and not doing any substantive stories about Biden and his apparent incompetence and probable criminal if not treasonous activities with a possible pay to play enterprise. If Trump has done immoral or illegal things then yes the truth should be revealed. The same is true with the Biden’s and the Clinton’s. This was the newspaper who exposed Watergate but won’t look into the Clinton’s or Biden’s alleged involvement in probable criminal enterprises. My father was a hard nosed fair and honest reporter who went with the truth no matter who was involved. He taught me to look at things impartially. This helped me greatly in my professional careers. The only reason I still subscribe to the paper is to read about Washington area sports. The rest of the paper is only worthy of lining the bottom of a bird cage. Sad a once great paper is now pretty much a worthless shell of its former self.

I subscribe to both The NY Times and the Washington Post. It’s interesting to compare how the two papers use mobile apps to present their content. Each has its advantages, but I find that the Washington Post Classic app has a couple of significant deficiencies. On the plus side, the Washington Post is a more visually appealing and less cluttered presentation compared to the NY Times. But there are two behaviors that I find limit the usefulness of the Washington Post Classic app. First is the fact that it does not give any indication of stories that have already been read. The NY Times app, for example, dims to a fainter gray the headline text of stories that have been opened. Second, and most infuriating, is that the Washington Post Classic app seems incapable of remembering the reader’s position within the app. Leave the app to read a text message? When you return to the Washington Post app you’ll be returned to the story you were reading, but once leaving that you’re back at the top of the story list and forced to scroll and scroll to re-find where you were. This often happens even when you haven’t left the app at all and simply close a story. (Note that I’m using a current generation iPad Pro.)

For the last week, I have been plagued with a video ad for a personnel service that begins talking shortly after I start reading an article. I can't find any way to turn it off and it is irritating and intrusive. Am getting to the point of cancelling my subscription if it doesn't stop. Update, it is now broadcasting this same talking ad every single time I try to read an article. I am regretfully canceling my subscription. I will check back in a couple months to see if this has been fixed, but for now, can't stand it. Another update. I did cancel, but like the post so much, I regretted it and renewed the next day. Now I am canceling again. Every single time I tap on an article to read it, a voice blares, “For the past 25 years, PNP personnel services...” I did write to the help desk, and got back an email that did not resolve the problem. Nobody else has complained about this, which leaves me wondering why I have been so blessed with the attentions of PNP personnel services. I’ve tried easy solutions, but no setting addresses it. If anybody has any ideas, I’d be happy to try them. I love the Post, but have come to hate PNP personnel services more.

I’m just a WaPo digital basic lady, so maybe I don’t have all the options that I’ll now complain about. I am a full access New York Times subscriber, so I’ll make a bit of a comparison. I like NYT so much better because it is less jumbled up and the articles refresh at least daily (with breaking news at the top) so I don’t have to sort through all those articles I already read. On WaPo, the same articles are featured for a week at a time. On NYT, I choose my own view of favorite sections and I get the crossword, so there’s value in a full subscription. I check the news like 10 times every day; I don’t want to see the old articles forever. It’s cool to have the WaPo print edition, but navigating it on a 5” screen isn’t easy. The writing is strong, and the WaPo is more gossipy on politics than the NYT (which I consider a good thing;). Plus I live in VA and it’s good to get that local flair. Still, I’m not looking at WaPo as much as I thought I would because of the article refresh problem, and because I can’t curate my view for my favorite sections. Last thing, I do hesitate on the WaPo because Jeff Besos owns it. One guy shouldn’t own the world and its news.

This app doesn’t show comments on the articles. So if you want to see the comments you click on the share to/open with button and click Chrome. But wait, that doesn’t allow you to open in Chrome. You can only bookmark or add it to a reading list. Why can’t you simply open it in Chrome, you ask? I was curious too! So I called their support phone number since there is no option for developer support or feedback and the “developer website” simply links to the newspaper homepage. At the 800 number I got a very nice lady overseas who did not understand my question. I asked for a supervisor who also didn’t understand and said I would have to “search for the article in a mobile browser.” So I called the 202 number and explained that I was a paying subscriber in Virginia and could I please speak to a DC/Virginia based person to ask a question and (now) make a complaint. I got a recording and left a voicemail. Instead of a call I got an email asking me to write what I wanted. I called the 202 back and explained to a nice lady in DC what happened and she said to email back requesting a call. I did so. As for writing what my problem is, I decided to go ahead and write that right here. Under a single star.

This site, once you give them access to you they will own you and your info. All about you as THE PRODUCT. If you cancel your subscription, your account, and everything from day 1 remain, including credit card info. You cannot remove the card without putting another in its place, and they verify it. So WaPo now offers the convenient benefit that you can have that card stolen, from their database, years after you tried and cancel them. And Apple Pay is not an option. And, you cannot remove the account either. It stays there and anyone knowing what email it uses for login, if they guess your password, or use your device (password file) can reactivate your subscription, on your credit card… and no refunds. So canceling that card today, and if I can’t use Apple Pay somewhere, no sale, or possibly if it’s brick & mortar cash. Credit card from now on is only for housing and utilities, or emergency. You want my business, Apple Pay. No PayPal, no money to Elon Musk. Pretty much as little as possible spent with any oligarch’s business. Local family owned is always best. You want a Middle Class you have to help make and keep it.

Once again, search by typing in the author’s name and the article I want is NOT listed, even though the article is in today’s eblast “The Post Most.” Since the title is a long sentence, I type in the portion I think is somewhat unique. Zip. Zero. Nada. I’ll sure someone, will if there are Ny real people at WaPo, will say I don’t know how to type or use a search field… okay, copy and paste the “headline” into the search box results in absolutely nothing. Don’t be fooled, AI is stupid. Companies launch as WaPo buy a subscription, load it on to their server, and then don’t bother to check, test, nor try it. Well, I guess no human beings work at WaPo. So, it time to stop paying and cancel the “subscription.” Note: I reported this same problem about a year ago, and several months later, search seemed to work. Perhaps, subsequent updates broke broke the working search, and nobody bother to check. That’s common of many companies in that they announce a new feature or fix some feature but don’t teat everything and actual broke exist features. Stupidly stupid. If human beings would test the entire platform, there would be no need to constantly release updates that fix x, y, and z.

I subscribed to The Post over an hour ago and have spent most of my time since then trying to get signed in to this app. When I open the app and enter the email address on my WaPo account I get a pop-up telling me that I need to sign in on the website so that the site and the app can share my info. The Boston Globe and The New York Times don’t ask me to jump through hoops like this, but okay. When I sign in on washingtonpost dot com I receive an email telling me that a link has been sent to my email for one-click log in. Okay fine. I go to the email and click. It takes me back to the website and I’m all logged in. Then I go to the app and - lather, rinse, repeat. I was able to log in to the website using my email and password on my laptop, but when I want back to my phone to give it a try - same stupid loop all over again. I do not want to have to log in to a website on my phone. I want and need the convenience of an app. Apparently I’ll not get that here. I don’t currently have a personal laptop or desktop to use for this. I’m glad I got a good promo rate to subscribe. I won’t lose more than a few dollars for this month. I’ll be canceling once I hit “send” on this.

No question, WaPo is my go-to news source for All Things DC. It's profoundly satisfying to read well researched, trustworthy journalism in a day of claimed witch hunts and fake news. So why does such a fine media outlet have such a crappy app? The navigation is awkward at best. Ads are often intrusive, disrupting reading. We subscribers get only partial versions of the print or browser-ready WaPo with the apps. Whole sections are missing, to say nothing of less popular articles. And there are no comments. WaPo comments are worth reading if only because some DC insider anonymously posts a news nugget from time to time. Many are thought provoking or witty or both. WaPo's app developers have been aware of these issues with the app for a long time-I mean years. The app developers always promise fixes but seldom do apps change. It's jarring that journalism of WaPo's quality is delivered with the faulty, user hostile classic black or blue app. It's outrageous that the app is unleashed in an unsuspecting world by WaPo publisher Jeff Bezos, the guy who practically invented seamless digital usability with his little ecommerce venture. Fix the problems, man. Deliver apps as good as the WaPo news reporting.

Update post: Attacking worker rights, no surprise here, as his editorial pages cry out to remove hard won rights for a voice in the workplace. And he is choosing to attack front running Democratic officials to attempt to appease the dictator in the White House. People who party and celebrate in Venice and fire their workers, take away local news, sports coverage because he claims to be losing money should realize—maybe he does—that Democracy Dies in Darkness. Previously ”The Washington Post Owner, Jeff Bezos, has spread darkness on the pages of the Post and our nation through his decision to not allow the Washington Post to endorse a candidate for President. His decision to not support Kamala Harris is in fact an endorsement of the convicted, dishonest, and increasingly deranged Republican candidate. The lame excuse of reaching back in time to when the Post did not routinely endorse candidates is a red herring. Bezos is afraid that he will not be seen favorably by Republicans. He is giving journalism, democracy and his readers his raised middle finger with this act of cowardice. My response will be to cancel my subscription to the Post. Back ‘atcha Jeff!”

I like the paper, and for the most part, I like the app, too, but there is one aspect of it I do not like. If I go to Print Edition, Archive, there is a bug that results in a mismatch between the date at the top of the page and the day of the paper selected below. For example, if I select the paper from the calendar for Monday, April 24, it will say “Sunday, April 23” at the top (the date of the paper I will get will match the one selected in the calendar). This anomaly usually isn’t a problem; I just ignore the date at the top of the page. But on Sundays, if I go to the Archive page and select a day prior, I can read tat day’s paper, but I CANNOT get back to Sunday until the next day, Monday. I know it’s not just me because I’ve tried it on my other devices, devices belonging to other people, and the same anomaly exists. I’ve tried submitting trouble tickets (twice) to the app developers, and they act like they don’t know what I’m talking about (despite the fact that I send screen shots) and that I’m the only person with this problem. They refuse to try to fix it.

Of course the quality of journalism is better but I thought there’d be a lot more articles to see daily than what I’m being shown through this app on my phone. So far I’m only seeing about 4-5 articles followed by a lot of “opinion” pieces and it doesn’t change as frequently as I would have thought a news app would. I remember living near DC about 20 years ago and getting a nice big thick newspaper delivered full of news articles.. yes, there would also be opinion pieces but this new app experience of only seeing about 10 things, half “top” news and half opinion pieces is not what I expected. I haven’t fully explored the app yet but compared to my memory of the wonderful newspaper I remember getting delivered to me early 2000’s era.. it just doesn’t feel the same. I like to choose what I look at from a wide selection. I don’t like the selection being whittled down to someone else’s idea of a “top 10.” There= that’s my feedback

The WP App for iPad just keeps getting worse for those of us reading the traditional paper format. When it was a separate App, it used to be OK. If I accidentally flipped a page, I could flip back and see it EXACTLY as I was viewing it, zoomed in on the same area of the page. That feature has been gone since this app absorbed the paper view. But the App has never remembered where I was reading last time I opened the app - and still does not. But new is its ability to either crash or throw the reader out of the newspaper view if tapping on the article to view it in the reader. This does not happen most of the time, but apparently some of the printed articles are not available in the reader - and that causes it to crash. The WP will print a nice response asking me to contact them. I have. The problem is the App, not my iPad and we have proven that together. I love reading the WP. I just want to stop being aggravated from trying to use their app.

Since 9/11, when many news outlets began the 24 hour news cycles, the news became sensationalized. In order to fill the time, and keep ratings up, every story, no matter how ridiculous, became Big News ! The Washington Post and the New York Times joined right in during the Obama Administration and started capitalizing on trump’s ignorant antics. The new sensationalized news helped that idiot get elected the first time and now you are helping him for his second bid, helping to throw Democracy right out the window. For what, ratings, money, power ?! Fools all for giving this moron free advertising. And, if this degenerate wins again, it won’t be just Fox News who aided and abetted his climb to dictatorship. You have completely lost my trust and respect. By the way, I intentionally do not use a capital letter when typing the dumpster’s name. That fool should never have been allowed anywhere near any form of Capitol, particularly the United States Capitol. Even a capital letter is too good for that weasel. No offense to weasels intended.

A recent article I had seen while scrolling the app was no longer visible. I searched the subject’s name but only older articles appeared. I went on Google and found the WaPo article and that link brought me back to the app. A frustrating work around and I’ve had to do this many times. Also, sometimes certain stories linger on the home page for a few too many days. And the Crossword sub-section frequently forgets my progress and I must restart a puzzle if I dare step away for too many minutes. Those are tech issues which will likely continue to be disregarded (they’re a year old at least). Content-wise, I would like to see more dissenting voices — throw rocks at the establishment and think critically and not as all one team. When one of your own reporters is blatantly hypocritical I shouldn’t have to go on Google to find (the thousands of) dissenting voices calling her out, this time with no self-critical WaPo links BTW.

No wonder the WP is bleeding money and readership. You’re trying to sell the Web version of the paper using an App that is totally lame. All I want to do is read the daily newspaper online but I can’t. There’s no replica available online of the actual daily print addition. Online papers like The NY Times and the Walk Street Journal allow their online readers to view an exact replica of each print addition. That makes finding the stories those papers are running each day easy to find. Why doesn’t the Post allow it’s readers to do the same? The WP doesn’t seem to want to make it easy for its readers to find the stories they’re running in the print addition. Instead we have to play a weird guessing game to find what stories are running in each section of the print addition according to the paper’s obscure online categories. It’s unfathomable why this is the case. What a blunder! So reader-unfriendly! You really need to change the crazy way you are making the online paper available to your readership. Please, it can’t be that hard.

For the last several weeks, I have been far less than pleased with my attempts to use my iPad to read my digital subscription to the Washington Post or to save articles to read later. I keep getting a message that I need to subscribe or sign into a different account (what?). After going down that rabbit hole, it proceeds to repeat itself in a seemingly compulsive loop, after repeatedly telling me “Welcome back”. The problem is getting worse. It began only when I tried to save articles. Now I cannot read anything at all without that message appearing! After calling the digital help desk, I was told that the Washington Post was aware of the problem and that the only way to correct the problem was for me to delete the present app and reload the app, which will “unfortunately” cause the loss of all of my saved articles. Really? Since when is a tech problem on the provider’s (your) side “solved” by replacing it with a major disruption on the customer’s side? This is a far from satisfactory solution and really bad customer service. 😡

Mr. Bezos’s ownership of the Washington Post affords him an opportunity to ensure that the paper remains true to its obligation to serve as a fair and objective source of fact-based reporting and intelligent and balanced opinions. His new policy of printing only those opinions that agree with his own views, rather than offering contrasting, even conflicting ideas, amounts to bullying. The fact that this radical change in policy coincides with the interests and conceits of the current administration suggests that Mr. Bezos’s business interests and ambitions have trumped the obligations he incurred when he acquired the Post. Those obligations are to sustain the paper’s long and distinguished tradition of accurate, fair, and fearless reporting and balanced, intelligent presentation of opinions by editors and columnists. That Post I have read, in print from newsstands and more recently online by subscription, for more than 50 years. The new Post, now made into an organ of propaganda by Mr. Bezos, will be worth neither my time nor my money. I will save both by canceling my subscription.

I have subscribed to the Washington Post for about 45 years. Over the past year or so, I have come to notice that the Post’s hard-earned reputation for fairness and balance had been displaced by a clear intent to further certain “narratives” in what should have been its straight-ahead, unbiased, reportage of the news. While I don’t know why this is, I tend to think it has something to do with the Post’s current editor, whom I believe took over that position around the time the Post became just another biased source of journalism. Nowadays, there is no longer a single “address” one can find for unbiased coverage of the news. Walter Cronkite is long gone, both literally and figuratively. Now, if you want the news with a left-wing slant, head for the Post or the New York Times. If you want news with a right-wing slant, head for Fox News. I just want the truth, without an embedded point of view that is forever “contextualizing” any story that, on the surface, is inconsistent with the “narrative.” My source used to be the Washington Post. No longer.

I have been using the old app for years. It is the only news app which is comfortable for me to use because of my binocular vision disorder. In the old app, articles are displayed in large, clear fonts without clutter, and each section of the newspaper can be Directly accessed by a link. I export article text to my text-to-speech engine to actually read the articles. The only part of the new app I can use is the “discover” section, but it isn’t indexed, so it’s nearly useless for me. (I can’t do a lot of scrolling without triggering a migraine and nausea ) I’m a very happy and grateful reader of your excellent app. I would be really sad to unsubscribe. This would seem like an easy fix— just index the Discover section, or have a global “simple display option” of some kind. I know the Post is by far the most tech savvy news organization. Please keep it accessible for readers with vision disabilities!

When I click on a link to read a news article mentioned in a WP newsletter I see only a thin column of text on my iPad mini and must read the article in this narrow banner. There seems to be no way to make the article into full screen mode. Very annoying and super hard to read.

It was unconscionable that Jeff Bezos failed to endorse Kamala Harris. NYT had the guts to do its job. NYTwill be my newspaper of choice going forward.

When the owner of a once highly respected newspaper interferes with the integrity of the paper’s journalists, it’s time to stop reading that paper.

Since the announcement of the new incoming publisher & editor, who are unethical (as evidenced by wapo & other researched journalism) I have chosen to cancel my subscription which I began in 2016 as my one source for American news. I will find another source with journalistic integrity seeing as the wapo is heading the other way.

It renewed when I thought i Had cancelled it.

Folks, good wishes for what are trying times for The Washington Post. The historic and still recent potential of the paper are appreciated and important.

The normalization of crude, vulgar, heartless standards and behavior of gop leadership lessens the value of WAPO.

When Jeff Bezos bought the WP, I had high hopes that he would continue to support and nurture one of the best newspapers in the USA without interfering for reasons political or otherwise. He did not. First he compromised the quality and ethics of this once mighty news source, leaving the workers scared and the quality of their work biased against anything that challenged Trump adequately. Then he began to fire the good people that hadn’t already left while cutting whole sections from the newspaper. I was the last of my friends and family hanging on to my subscription; today I join them. I’ll continue to get my news from the venerable NYT and international sources like the BBC, CBC and the Globe and Mail.

I am so upset with Bezos and his actions in killing an American icon rather than making the WP better, he has made it obsolete. I quit.

Hopelessly infected by MAGA

App is fine, unless you actually want to engage and either comment or weigh in on another’s comment: then you’re locked into a never-ending sign-in loop, with no resolution. Even betting to enter a name to display for the same just bounces into loop-land. Infuriating & entirely unnecessarily amateurish operation for a major publications digital edition.

Nothing lasts forever is the cliche that now seems to fit. Repeatedly the wp disappoints with just plain dump editorial choices belying their new spineless ideology!

The heroes of free press and principled journalism are betrayed.

I’m sorry, but the WaPo has taken a dive into wholly supporting Trump. Just as your columnists have abandoned ship over the Bezos editorial policy, so have I. I no longer subscribe and my money now goes to the NYT. Replacing Rubin and others with Theisen, McCartle, and the like offers me nothing while you pander to the MAGA crowd. Democracy dies in the WaPo editorial room.

The motto of the Washington Post is meaningless. Your firing of a respected journalist for her opinion was the last straw. I cancelled Disney Plus this week and now I’m cancelling you. No American news outlet who continues pandering to a gangster like Trump will have my support.

Years ago, I used to look forward to reading this newspaper every day. I can’t stand it now. How far it has fallen!!!!!

Specifically the Games. Occasionally the pre-roll ads don’t start and you just have a blank screen with no way to advance forward. Restarting app makes no impact.

I’m generally OK with WaPo except it seems to be increasingly leaning rightward with certain writers being amplified & increasing numbers of obvious Trolls - foreign & domestic rightwing. — Also I am preferring Substack conversations more often. Moderators are becoming inconsistent … one day the word ‘Troll’ will get my comment deleted, the next day it won’t, ditto mild oaths & variations on ‘Repugnicons’ etc. If you’re going to have x-rated WORDS you should offer us a guide list? Either that or train your Mods to the same standards.

History will remember your failure

The Washington Post was once a great paper. In November 2024 they pulled their endorsement of Harris. After that, a number of important writers left, essentially under protest. Ruth Marcus, Jennifer Rubin, Robert Kagan, Ann Telnaes and others. This is a direct result of Bezos, the owner of The Post, complying in advance to Trump, and interfering with the editorial direction of The Post. The motto of The Post is “Democracy Dies in Darkness” seems rather ironic at this point. If you are looking to purchase a subscription perhaps consider the New York Times, Des Moines Register, The Atlantic or other publications that provide news and opinion without cowering from Donald Trump. Publications with integrity, in other words. I maintain my subscription at a greatly reduced price - tried to unsubscribe and was given a much better price. Dana Millbank is still there and a great opinion writer so I am hanging on…for now. A real shame that a tech billionaire is steering the paper in the wrong direction. He should be ashamed of himself. America gave him the opportunity to have immense success in business but he seems fine to pull up the ladder. This is how democracy dies.

I’m hoping to find a paper whose owner will abide by his promise not to interfere in editorial decisios. The once-proud paper has capitulated in advance. The refusal to print an editorial cartoon mocking Trump and his submissive billionaires was the last straw.

Don’t buy a WPO annual subscription through the Apple App Store; they won’t issue a refund following automatic renewal of an annual subscription

Hands off Bezos. You are ruining what was once one of the greatest newspapers in the world because of your obsession with your personal bottom line.

When the post was first sold to Jeff Bezos, I know that I had many reservations about what the future held for the post in regard to political sensitivities,, fragility and censorship. For some considerable time, our fears seemed to be unfounded. After the last federal election, however, money sought power so it influence and the result has been heartbreaking for the post. So many good dedicated people whose working lives have been intertwined with the post and now must find grace and an opportunity to distance themselves. Shame!

I’m cancelling my subscription

Above is the only reason I am still reading. Will not be renewing when subscription expires. The interference by Bezos and his hiring choices have reduced this once great publication to a print Fox “News”

Cancelling our subscription due to Bezos latest move to the right…support for Trump and refusing to condemn his insane policies.

This newspaper, which once prided itself on its reporting and opinions, has become nothing but a MAGA rag. This legacy newspaper has ruined its legacy.

BEZOS is a sell-out!! No besos for Bezos? Democracy dies in cowardice.

Since Bezos started strangling the opinion editors, this is no longer the newspaper I trusted. I’m cancelling my subscription