Posted on 05/17/2007 5:10:32 AM PDT by COBOL2Java
The Washington Times will publicly celebrate its 25th anniversary at a gala event Thursday, but today the newspaper held a “family” celebration for its employees, with presentations by editor-in-chief Wesley Pruden and others.
Today’s event featured an excellent new short film history of the newspaper that emphasized the values of freedom, family, faith and service that are being commemorated this week on the Culture Etc. page with profiles of the recipients of the Founding Spirit Awards.
At today’s event, Tom McDevitt, president of The Times, did the math and reported that “America’s Newspaper” has now been in business for 13 million minutes. Since 1982, The Times has become “a patriotic destination” for the nation’s readers, a newspaper that is “truly unique.”
Mr. McDevitt said that while “outmanned and outgunned” by larger news operations, The Times has succeeded because “hard work has made us who we are.”
Mr. McDevitt talked about the intense loyalty of the newspaper’s readers, and remarked that online readers in particular are “passionate” about The Times. And he mentioned that he recently spoke to the newspaper’s founder, the Rev. Sun Myung Moon, who had just flown into Washington’s Reagan National Airport.
As the plane approached Washington, Mr. McDevitt said, the Rev. Moon looked down and noticed Arlington National Cemetery below, and was moved to reflect that “so many people gave their lives” to make America the great nation that it is.
And a great nation deserves a great newspaper.
(Excerpt) Read more at blogs.washingtontimes.com ...
And because this cultist scumbag owns it, I will never spend one red cent on this rag. In fact when I was in DC's for Bush's inauguration, I had to old my nose and buy a copy of the Post as a souvenir.
And because this cultist scumbag owns it, I will never spend one red cent on this rag. In fact when I was in DC’s for Bush’s inauguration, I had to old my nose and buy a copy of the Post as a souvenir.
Your lucky. I was part of the Presidential Inaugural Committee for President Clinton’s second term. Military duty. Had to go to the balls, parades, and inaugural. It is “great” to say that I went to an inaugural of a President who was impeached...lol.
I join you in support of the Washington Times. It has been a God-send to this country.
Poor choice of words, IMO.
I like The Times and read it while in Washington on a trip. I was very surprised to see the pro America slant and liked their positive coverage of the news — good stories rather than trash America like the NYT.
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This outstanding Freeper AP Photo/Article also appeared on the Front Page of the March 24, 2003 Edition of the Washington Times:
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Poor choice of words, IMO.
Get over it. The Washington Times is a superb independent conservative newspaper.
For many long years, especially in the Eighties, The Washington Times was all that stood between total domination of the media in our nation’s capital by liberal propaganda. Their reporting and op-ed pages provided knowledge and insight greatly beneficial to Americans that would never have seen the light of day were it not for The Times.
I don’t care who owns it. It’s disseminating conservative opinion, an even-handed news presentation, and strong investigatory journalism; it actively opposes the machinery of the Left, including the New York Times and the Washington Post. Whatever his motivations I’m glad that Moon supports it. Since he apparently demands no editorial concessions in return for his ownership, what’s the harm? It’s great that while the other dinosaur newspapers are going under, the Times continues to publish from a conservative stance.
The harm is that every time you purchase a copy, you are contributing to his criminal enterprise. You might as well buy flowers from a brainwashed kid on the streets.
As far as "no editorial concessions" goes, check out the text of a full-page ad the Times ran. Keep in mind that this a link right to the Moonie website and not a critical site.
My aunt's life was almost destroyed by these scumbags. I most certainly will not "get over it". Do some research on the type of person Moon is. It's disgusting.
i have, as well. i also managed to convert a liberal Jewish co-worker of mine to reading the Times over the Post. he noted a distinct difference in the coverage of Israel.
Their Op-Ed page is one of the best in the country.
You're kidding, right? You think that the Times turns a profit and the profit goes back to Moon? No American newspaper is making a profit. The Times is entirely a losing proposition for him. When you pay for a copy of the Times (or any other newspaper), any small amount of money you pay is going straight to operational expenses. It's actually minescule in the costs of running a newspaper, as most of any paper's income is derived from advertising.
As far as "no editorial concessions" goes, check out the text of a full-page ad the Times ran. Keep in mind that this a link right to the Moonie website and not a critical site.
As you point out yourself, that is an ad. It is not something inserted into the content of the editorial page; it does not influence the expression of the editorial writers or the truly excellent investigative reporters. Newspapers run all sorts of ads. The fact that they run one doesn't mean that suddenly Wes Pruden has turned into a Moonie and is going to be subtly pushing an agenda to get everyone to become a Moonie.
I'm aware of that. By refusing to buy it, I am doing my small part to lower the circulation numbers. That's all I can do other than continue to pray for Moon to drop dead sooner than later and get going to his appointment in hell.
....AGREE, a fine READING paper, unlike the WA CopPost which is good for only one thing, wiping one's @$$
I'm sorry to hear about your aunt. I'm not defending Moon in any way whatsoever, and I apologize for my rude tone toward you.
My points are:
a) Moon has no editorial control over the paper;
b) he's not making any money from it; and
c) the paper has been a lifeline for conservatives in the DC area and elsewhere.
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