Washington Times on its last legs

It's usually a sad day when a newspaper goes out of business - but because it's the Washington Times this time, this story is almost too good to be true. The looming demise of the Times illustrates how the marketplace of ideas eventually prevails in the newspaper biz. (Right-wing papers haven't enjoyed the long-running government bailout that right-wing talk radio has.)

After the deaths of the modern incarnations of the New York Sun and Philadelphia's Bulletin, the toxic mold that has been claiming far-right scumbag rags is about ready to claim perhaps the most durable and influential of them all: Sun Myung Moon's Washington Times.

This Pravda on the Potomac may become an Internet-only publication. Or it may fold altogether. In fact, Moon's son - who now chairs the paper - reportedly almost shut it down just days ago.

Imagine if you can The Last Word outliving the Washington Times. Just the thought brings a grin to my mug!

The Times is the paper of record among America's right-wing poobahs, and its coverage resembles that of the state press in an oppressive dictatorship. Indeed, that's really what the Times was: Through the Republican era of the 1980s to the 2000s, the Times was an organ of ruling party propaganda.

Unfortunately, the nation's capital is a hotbed of conservative media, as the once-respected Washington Post has also charged to the right. If the city still has room for 2 or 3 daily papers, let's hope a more objective voice fills the void.

(Source: http://tpmlivewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/11/is-the-washington-times-continued-operation-in-jeopardy.php)