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elfin

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9. They regularly reinforce my decision to subscribe to the digital edition

Reply to milestogo (Original post)

Mon May 15, 2017, 10:09 PM

May 2017

Was reading for "free' and frequently erasing web history to read over the limit, but felt it was time to actually support them.

Glad I did. Also support NYT (with a few misgivings here and there) and the Guardian.

They are working very very hard to sort through so much crap to bring us the truth as much as they can ascertain and research. All on very short notice, given the instant demands by the net for stories with substance.

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The Washington Post reporters are awesome. [View all] milestogo May 2017 OP

They are more ethical than trump. Ilsa May 2017 #1

Fuck trump Badscooter1 May 2017 #4

Yes they have BannonsLiver May 2017 #2

+1 Hekate May 2017 #18

Feels to me like they are an arm of the IC Generic Brad May 2017 #3

Why would you call them "tools" then? brush May 2017 #5

An arm is a tool? Generic Brad May 2017 #6

tools of the IC? Deep Throat was one person who bucked the FBI by leaking... bettyellen May 2017 #8

I think poster meant tools in a positive way; being useful, not being used. Amaryllis May 2017 #10

But a tool is something someone else uses, so I doubt that unless they say they misspoke bettyellen May 2017 #15

Did anyone else notice that Jaffee one of the WaPo reporters mucifer May 2017 #7

More comfortable away from cameras for many reasons, I suspect elfin May 2017 #11

They regularly reinforce my decision to subscribe to the digital edition elfin May 2017 #9

I signed up for a digital subscription a few months back to support WhollyHeretic May 2017 #12

I did last week. Duppers May 2017 #17

They're really motivated kskiska May 2017 #13

I got a paid digital subscription soon after the Leaker of the Free World was elected. phylny May 2017 #14

To use a colloquial saying from my Massachusetts roots. They have some some huge "nads" CentralMass May 2017 #16

Indeed they are. I love the WaPo's new (?) motto: Democracy Dies In The Dark. Hekate May 2017 #19