I pretty much consider all major media to be an extension of the uniparty.
No it's worse than that !
I recognize how and why all the new Congressional members get 'tainted', and turn against their avowed principles that got them elected in the first place.
Locals read the local paper for news analysis, not just local, but also international news analysis.
If you don't get out of the 'Beltway' , this becomes your sense of reality, of the way that the world and the country really is,
especially if your party requires you to spend 8 hours each day hustling for re-election funds for yourself and the party, trying to raise funds only from special interests.
The 'political party rules your life , your time availability, and the amount of news information to which you have access.
When that happens , you lose perspective , and rely more so on the only news available to you via local newspapers - in this case the Washington Post, and you lose perspective.
This way , you get this distorted sense of reality, and become tainted in your perception , and then in your principles.
This is why I place 'the ENQUIRER' as a more legitimate news source than the Washington Post (A/K/A: the Washington PI$$ER)!!