Worth noting that Washington Post is a national newspaper (peer to NYC in reach and stature) and is thus under much closer scrutiny than the thousands of local

Worth noting that Washington Post is a national newspaper (peer to NYC in reach and stature) and is thus under much closer scrutiny than the thousands of local news outlets that are owned by the moneyed elite and do in fact refrain from reporting negatively on their owners or their business interests. While its great that WaPo isn’t corrupted by billionaire ownership, that should be the minimum expectations of press freedom in the US.