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ever since the Hiatt(s)[0] (Fred Hiatt and his wife, Margaret Shapiro ) took over editorial position on Wapo. The paper has become a neoconservative/neoliberal operation.

Bill Moyer did a nice episode showing the disproportionate number of report Wapo did in pushing fro a war in Iraq [1].

Among notable neoconservatives/neoliberals working at the post and using it as a pulpit are Robert Kagan [2] who worked on the "Project for the New American Century" that became the blueprint of Iraq war agenda.

For me the nail in the coffin against the Post was when they used an unknown research firm to push for a neo-mccarthyism Russian connection to over 200 blogs and publishers [4],[5].

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Hiatt

[1] http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/btw/citations.html

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Kagan

[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_for_the_New_American_C...

[4] https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/russian-prop...

[5] https://theintercept.com/2016/11/26/washington-post-disgrace...

It was interesting to see how much of the media was cheering the cruise missile strike in Syria. I think socially and economically WaPo is very liberal but for some reason most of the media loves almost anything to do with war.

It's because WaPo and NYT are just propagandists for the US intelligence apparatus which in turn is just a tool of the multinationals and oligarchs.

Real journalism seeking truth, no matter whose agenda that truth might endanger, died years ago.

That's why Robert Kagan calls himself a neoliberal. Socially liberal but a war hawk.

> but for some reason most of the media loves almost anything to do with war.

If it bleeds, it leads.

War makes good for good photo's/footage and is a polarising issue which means you get to make headway whichever side you fall on it.

I actually found the Washington Post's coverage of Iraq to be better than the mainstream media in general (though still not great). They would sometimes print articles like "Bush Clings To Dubious Allegations About Iraq"[1] (which, if I remember correctly, was a front page article). I don't recall seeing that level of skepticism from the New York Times or cable news.

[1] https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/2003/03/18/b...

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