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Old Crank

(6,854 posts) Thu Feb 5, 2026, 11:49 AM Feb 5

Just dumped WaPo.

I have been thinking about it for some time. The gutting of their news staff and others made me think again.
Then came the email that their Eat Voraciously newsletter is on hiatus. That is what was bothering me. The writer never got a goodbye in.
I'll miss some good recipes that showed.

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Just dumped WaPo. (Original Post) Old Crank Feb 5 OP

My wife reads the Post/ I gave up on it during the election when Bezos would not let the Kamala for President OLDMDDEM Feb 5 #1

Dumped them several years ago and more recently stopped reading the NY Times. The Guardian is what replaced them. Dave Bowman Feb 5 #2

I read the Guardian also Old Crank Feb 5 #10

I dumped it a couple of years back Jilly_in_VA Feb 5 #3

Sticking with them for a while gulliver Feb 5 #4

Almost wish I hadn't already so I could do it now. pat_k Feb 5 #5

I'm torn zeusdogmom Feb 5 #6

Bezos bought it for power and influence much like Musk with Twitter 617Blue Feb 5 #9

Good riddance awesomerwb1 Feb 5 #7

Thank you! 617Blue Feb 5 #8

I did that just over a year ago. iemanja Feb 5 #11

OLDMDDEM

(3,135 posts)

1. My wife reads the Post/ I gave up on it during the election when Bezos would not let the Kamala for President

Reply to Old Crank (Original post)

Thu Feb 5, 2026, 11:51 AM

Feb 5

item be published.

Dave Bowman

(7,052 posts)

2. Dumped them several years ago and more recently stopped reading the NY Times. The Guardian is what replaced them.

Reply to Old Crank (Original post)

Thu Feb 5, 2026, 11:56 AM

Feb 5

Old Crank

(6,854 posts)

10. I read the Guardian also

Reply to Dave Bowman (Reply #2)

Thu Feb 5, 2026, 02:53 PM

Feb 5

and the NYT

Jilly_in_VA

(14,257 posts)

3. I dumped it a couple of years back

Reply to Old Crank (Original post)

Thu Feb 5, 2026, 12:03 PM

Feb 5

Haven't missed it in the least. I dumped NYT even before that. Now I read the Guardian and AP News, with a nod to Chicago Tribune and HuffPost/

gulliver

(13,900 posts)

4. Sticking with them for a while

Reply to Old Crank (Original post)

Thu Feb 5, 2026, 12:08 PM

Feb 5

I hope they can get new ownership or find a way to transition to the new media environment. They are a great paper.

pat_k

(13,074 posts)

5. Almost wish I hadn't already so I could do it now.

Reply to Old Crank (Original post)

Thu Feb 5, 2026, 12:18 PM

Feb 5

The refusal to make a presidential endorsement was my last straw... And they keep sending me new "deals" -- just a dollar a week for a year... two years...

Perhaps if they get down to a dollar a month, I'll resubscribe until the deal runs out. That price strikes me as a bit of an insult.

zeusdogmom

(1,137 posts)

6. I'm torn

Reply to Old Crank (Original post)

Thu Feb 5, 2026, 12:26 PM

Feb 5

The WP was such a great paper. As a librarian (long ago) the WP was one of the few newspapers we would recommend for HS kids to use as a reliable source when they were working on research papers, current event background etc. Many library patrons would come in every day to read it as well as the NYT, WSJ, etc. It breaks my heart The
Post has sunk so low in really a very short period of time.

Is there another buyer lurking in the woods who would be willing to support and restore it? Is Bezos even willing to sell? Or his game plan turn it into another Faux News style of “information” ie totally and completely useless for any verifiable information.