Fox News is reporting the Washington Post’s publisher and CEO, William Lewis, had a “blunt message” for the staff at the legacy media group. Lewis reportedly told reporters and editors, “We are going to turn this thing around, but let’s not sugarcoat it. It needs turning around…We are losing large amounts of money. Your audience has halved in recent years. People are not reading your stuff. Right. I can’t sugarcoat it anymore.”
What did the WaPo expect after years of increasingly turning a deaf ear—both in the newsroom and on the editorial board—to maybe half of your potential reading audience? Instead of being the voice of the people and the watchdog on government the Washington Post was a generation ago, those who formerly relied on getting hard-hitting news which the public has a right to know—does Watergate ring a bell; you guys won a Pulitzer for that—the newspaper is now perceived, with considerable justification, as the media arm of the Democratic party.
When was the last time your editorial page condemned a piece of gun control legislation for being simply unconstitutional? When was the last time your editorial page even considered the rights protected by the Second Amendment to be equally important as the rights protected by the First Amendment?
When was the last time the Washington Post turned loose a team of reporters to investigate, or even examine, the concerns of people in western states over reintroduction of Apex predators and how this might impact ranching, big game herds and hunting, and even public access to federal lands by hikers, campers, and other recreationists?
Does the Washington Post have an Outdoors section devoted specifically to fishing, hunting, competitive shooting, archery (bowhunting), hunter education and associated “consumptive” activities? I’m not talking about digging into the “right or wrong” of these activities, but of simply reporting the where, how and why so many millions of Americans enjoy these things, without the rhetoric from such groups as Defenders of Wildlife or Everytown for Gun Safety saying why they think it’s wrong.
Does the Washington Post have anyone on the copy desk, or in the newsroom, who understands what is wrong with this quote in the Daily Mail report about the Hunter Biden trial?
“Prosecutor Derek Hines told the jury Biden went into StarQuest Shooters & Survival Supply and ‘surveyed its large inventory’ before selecting a .38-caliber Colt Cobra revolver…
“Mr Hines said he purchased a type of ‘lethal ammunition’ known as ‘full metal jacket’ which was better at ‘ripping to shreds what it comes into contact with’.”
Full metal jacket (“FMJ”) bullets do not “rip to shreds” anything. They’re designed to create puncture wounds and penetrate through cover garments. As noted by Wikipedia, “By design, fully jacketed projectiles have less capacity to expand after contact with the target than a hollow point projectile. While this can be an advantage when engaging targets behind cover, it can also be a disadvantage as an FMJ bullet may pierce completely through a target, leading to less severe wounding, and possibly failing to disable the target. Furthermore, a projectile that goes completely through a target can cause unintentional damage behind the target.”
Remember when Joe Biden said a 9mm bullet can blow a lung out of someone’s body? The firearms community is still laughing at that one because it was so preposterous, yet nobody in the establishment press challenged Biden on the remark, probably because they didn’t know any better.
Forget about firearms and outdoors issues and look at the economy. When was the last time the Washington Post looked at the dreadful impacts of inflation under Democrat policies? Has the WaPo looked at the economic impact on average family budgets of inflation?
Put this in perspective: The economy revolves around the price of a gallon of gas or diesel. Today, so-called “disposable income” which used to go towards vacations, a new car, new furniture or maybe some kid’s college fund is now going into the gas tank or the grocery budget.
On the plus side, Washington Post fact-checker Glenn Kessler is arguably the best in the business when it comes to calling people out, but he’s just one guy. He could probably use some reinforcements. Readers like his stuff.
All of this translates to the hard, economic fact that when a newspaper turns its back on legions of potential readers, ignoring their concerns and consistently taking positions against their rights and their lifestyles, they’re not going to pay you for that, and you shouldn’t expect them to.
Instead of subscribing to your newspaper, they’ll send their money to the NRA, Second Amendment Foundation, Gun Owners of America, Safari Club, Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, Pheasants Forever, Ducks Unlimited, Mule Deer Foundation or the Ruffed Grouse Society.
And the Washington Post staff will keep sitting at their desks wondering why they’ve lost so many readers.
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