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Personally, WaPo is one, if not the top paper in the country. Their dedication to great journalism is why I subscribe. If you're an Amazon Prime member you get

Personally, WaPo is one, if not the top paper in the country. Their dedication to great journalism is why I subscribe. If you're an Amazon Prime member you get a big discount too.

epmaybe 9y ago
If you're a student, it's free for a year too!
- scaasic 9y ago
  Doesn't seem to be the case anymore.
  - ben1040 9y ago
    Yeah, used to be you'd get a free subscription if you registered an account with a *.edu email address, but a couple weeks ago they announced this would discontinue effective December 31 of this year.
flippyhead 9y ago
Wow I had no idea! 6 months free -- that is a great deal
- MBCook 9y ago
  And $4/mo? I just subscribed.
  - kbenson 9y ago
    Showed $1 for first month and $10/mo after that for me as the cheapest option, but I signed up anyway. That's a good value if I consider it supporting a vital institution.
    - MBCook 9y ago
      That seems to be the price if you go to the Washington Post. If you go to Amazon and you are a prime member and subscribe monthly then it’s six months free and $4/mo after that. Oddly if you’re a prime member the yearly subscription is still $100.
      - kbenson 9y ago
        Yeah, I noticed that after posting. As I alluded to in my comment though, I don't mind paying a bit more I wonder how many subscriptions this story resulted in?
        MBCook 9y ago
        That would certainly be interesting to see. Anecdotally I keep running into pay walls for them and the New York Times. However the times has a very high price and their recent soft profile of a Nazi has put a really sour taste in my mouth about the idea of supporting them even if their price was more reasonable. This is a great story and it definitely pushed me over the edge. I’m not sure I would have ended up subscribing in the next month or two if it wasn’t for this.
- rconti 9y ago
  dammit. Oh well, I'm doing $10/mo for digital, seems like a good deal. Same for NYTimes, and a subscription to the Economist. Then I hit someone else's paywall and start seeing red...
noobermin 9y ago
To be honest, the Amazon Prime thing makes me pause for a moment. What happens when Amazon is involved in a scandal, what will WaPo do?
- eropple 9y ago
  They will report it, or you will see editors and journalists leave. You see it regularly at compromised outlets. (I do not believe in the slightest that the Washington Post is so compromised.)
  - harry8 9y ago
    The Times of London The Wall Street Journal
    - argonaut 9y ago
      The editorial department of the WSJ is almost certainly "compromised" (in the sense that they have political opinions and loyalties), but that is true of even the NY Times. The actual reporting at the WSJ is still legit.
      - harry8 9y ago
        What you describe is the state of affairs before Rupert Murdoch purchases the paper.
        dragonwriter 9y ago
        A decade before, maybe; WSJ news coverage had become infected by the same slant that their editorial content had long before Murdoch bought it.
- zhengyi13 9y ago
  The LA Times showed Disney plenty of integrity and determination, and at least one writer from WaPo supported them in that. I'd expect the larger organization to show a similar level of integrity.
mynameishere 9y ago
It doesn't bother you at all that it is controlled by a politically-minded plutocrat who is shameless about cross-promotions between his properties? No, I guess that doesn't bother you since you're advertising it.
- JustAnotherPat 9y ago
  Bezos has his arm in everything. Even Hacker News.
  - sctb 9y ago
    That's news to me, but would you please follow the guidelines and comment civilly and substantively? https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
JustAnotherPat 9y ago
> Their dedication to great journalism is why I subscribe Their dedication is to go after people Jeff Bezos doesn't like
- actsasbuffoon 9y ago
  ... he says in response to an article about how WaPo went out of their way to not report damaging false allegations about Roy Moore. They’re not “going after” anyone. They vet their sources and report what can be verified. If you’re still not getting that after reading this article, then I don’t know what to say to you. Maybe try to diversify your media consumption a little bit. I suspect your news sources may mostly skew far to one side of the political spectrum. Politico is good for center left reporting, and The Hill is good for center right reporting. Reuters and the Associated Press are a little bland in their presentation, but are fiercely centrist. If you want something that may piss you off but will be written by people who generally do solid analysis with a leftward slant, I suggest Talking Points Memo. Consuming opinions that differ from your own can give a helpful dose of perspective. I read articles from a number of pretty conservative publications on a regular basis. Sometimes they say things that are interesting, and sometimes they just make me angry. Either way, it’s good to know what everyone else is saying about the events of the day.

Personally, WaPo is one, if not the top paper in the country. Their dedication to great journalism is why I subscribe. If you're an Amazon Prime member you get a big discount too.

epmaybe 9y ago

If you're a student, it's free for a year too!

scaasic 9y ago
Doesn't seem to be the case anymore.
- ben1040 9y ago
  Yeah, used to be you'd get a free subscription if you registered an account with a *.edu email address, but a couple weeks ago they announced this would discontinue effective December 31 of this year.

flippyhead 9y ago

Wow I had no idea! 6 months free -- that is a great deal

MBCook 9y ago
And $4/mo? I just subscribed.
- kbenson 9y ago
  Showed $1 for first month and $10/mo after that for me as the cheapest option, but I signed up anyway. That's a good value if I consider it supporting a vital institution.
  - MBCook 9y ago
    That seems to be the price if you go to the Washington Post. If you go to Amazon and you are a prime member and subscribe monthly then it’s six months free and $4/mo after that. Oddly if you’re a prime member the yearly subscription is still $100.
    - kbenson 9y ago
      Yeah, I noticed that after posting. As I alluded to in my comment though, I don't mind paying a bit more I wonder how many subscriptions this story resulted in?
      - MBCook 9y ago
        That would certainly be interesting to see. Anecdotally I keep running into pay walls for them and the New York Times. However the times has a very high price and their recent soft profile of a Nazi has put a really sour taste in my mouth about the idea of supporting them even if their price was more reasonable. This is a great story and it definitely pushed me over the edge. I’m not sure I would have ended up subscribing in the next month or two if it wasn’t for this.
rconti 9y ago
dammit. Oh well, I'm doing $10/mo for digital, seems like a good deal. Same for NYTimes, and a subscription to the Economist. Then I hit someone else's paywall and start seeing red...

noobermin 9y ago

To be honest, the Amazon Prime thing makes me pause for a moment. What happens when Amazon is involved in a scandal, what will WaPo do?

eropple 9y ago
They will report it, or you will see editors and journalists leave. You see it regularly at compromised outlets. (I do not believe in the slightest that the Washington Post is so compromised.)
- harry8 9y ago
  The Times of London The Wall Street Journal
  - argonaut 9y ago
    The editorial department of the WSJ is almost certainly "compromised" (in the sense that they have political opinions and loyalties), but that is true of even the NY Times. The actual reporting at the WSJ is still legit.
    - harry8 9y ago
      What you describe is the state of affairs before Rupert Murdoch purchases the paper.
      - dragonwriter 9y ago
        A decade before, maybe; WSJ news coverage had become infected by the same slant that their editorial content had long before Murdoch bought it.
zhengyi13 9y ago
The LA Times showed Disney plenty of integrity and determination, and at least one writer from WaPo supported them in that. I'd expect the larger organization to show a similar level of integrity.

mynameishere 9y ago

It doesn't bother you at all that it is controlled by a politically-minded plutocrat who is shameless about cross-promotions between his properties? No, I guess that doesn't bother you since you're advertising it.

JustAnotherPat 9y ago
Bezos has his arm in everything. Even Hacker News.
- sctb 9y ago
  That's news to me, but would you please follow the guidelines and comment civilly and substantively? https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

JustAnotherPat 9y ago

> Their dedication to great journalism is why I subscribe Their dedication is to go after people Jeff Bezos doesn't like

actsasbuffoon 9y ago
... he says in response to an article about how WaPo went out of their way to not report damaging false allegations about Roy Moore. They’re not “going after” anyone. They vet their sources and report what can be verified. If you’re still not getting that after reading this article, then I don’t know what to say to you. Maybe try to diversify your media consumption a little bit. I suspect your news sources may mostly skew far to one side of the political spectrum. Politico is good for center left reporting, and The Hill is good for center right reporting. Reuters and the Associated Press are a little bland in their presentation, but are fiercely centrist. If you want something that may piss you off but will be written by people who generally do solid analysis with a leftward slant, I suggest Talking Points Memo. Consuming opinions that differ from your own can give a helpful dose of perspective. I read articles from a number of pretty conservative publications on a regular basis. Sometimes they say things that are interesting, and sometimes they just make me angry. Either way, it’s good to know what everyone else is saying about the events of the day.