The Washington Post Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Criticism by elected officials=== Former president [[Donald Trump]] repeatedly spoke out against ''The Washington Post'' on [[Donald Trump on social media|his Twitter account]],<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Shear |first1=Michael D. |last2=Haberman |first2=Maggie |last3=Confessore |first3=Nicholas |last4=Yourish |first4=Karen |last5=Buchanan |first5=Larry |last6=Collins |first6=Keith |date=November 2, 2019 |title=How Trump Reshaped the Presidency in Over 11,000 Tweets |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/11/02/us/politics/trump-twitter-presidency.html |access-date=March 25, 2022 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=May 1, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200501184836/https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/11/02/us/politics/trump-twitter-presidency.html |url-status=live }}</ref> having "tweeted or retweeted criticism of the paper, tying it to Amazon more than 20 times since his campaign for president" by August 2018.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Montanaro |first=Dominico |date=August 13, 2019 |title=Bernie Sanders Again Attacks Amazon β This Time Pulling In 'The Washington Post' |language=en |work=[[NPR]] |url=https://www.npr.org/2019/08/13/750800062/sanders-again-attacks-amazon-this-time-pulling-in-the-washington-post |access-date=March 25, 2022 |archive-date=November 27, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191127104040/https://www.npr.org/2019/08/13/750800062/sanders-again-attacks-amazon-this-time-pulling-in-the-washington-post |url-status=live }}</ref> In addition to often attacking the paper itself, Trump used Twitter to blast various ''Post'' journalists and columnists.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Lee |first1=Jasmine C. |last2=Quealy |first2=Kevin |date=January 28, 2016 |title=The 598 People, Places and Things Donald Trump Has Insulted on Twitter: A Complete List |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/01/28/upshot/donald-trump-twitter-insults.html,%20https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/01/28/upshot/donald-trump-twitter-insults.html |access-date=March 25, 2022 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> During the [[2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries]], Senator [[Bernie Sanders]] repeatedly criticized ''The Washington Post'', saying that its coverage of his campaign was slanted against him and attributing this to [[Jeff Bezos]]' purchase of the newspaper.<ref>{{cite news|author=[[Katrina vanden Heuvel]]|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/08/20/bernie-sanders-has-smart-critique-corporate-media-bias/|date=August 20, 2019|title=Bernie Sanders Has a Smart Critique of Corporate Media Bias|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=December 22, 2019|archive-date=January 1, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200101015305/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/08/20/bernie-sanders-has-smart-critique-corporate-media-bias/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Russia Is Said to Be Interfering to Aid Sanders in Democratic Primaries |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/21/us/politics/bernie-sanders-russia.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200221233009/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/21/us/politics/bernie-sanders-russia.html |archive-date=February 21, 2020 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |work=The New York Times |date=February 21, 2020}}</ref> Sanders' criticism was echoed by the socialist magazine ''[[Jacobin (magazine)|Jacobin]]''<ref>{{Cite web |last=Higginbotham |first=Tim |date=August 27, 2019 |title=The Washington Post's War on Bernie Continues |url=https://jacobin.com/2019/08/washington-post-bernie-sanders-media-2020-coverage |access-date=March 25, 2022 |website=Jacobin |language=en-US |archive-date=March 25, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220325142202/https://jacobinmag.com/2019/08/washington-post-bernie-sanders-media-2020-coverage |url-status=live }}</ref> and the progressive journalist watchdog [[Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.commondreams.org/views/2019/08/15/if-youre-looking-evidence-wapo-media-bias-against-bernie-sanders-here-it|title=If You're Looking for Evidence of WaPo Media Bias Against Bernie Sanders, Here It Is|website=Common Dreams|access-date=May 22, 2020|archive-date=May 15, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200515202750/https://www.commondreams.org/views/2019/08/15/if-youre-looking-evidence-wapo-media-bias-against-bernie-sanders-here-it|url-status=live}}</ref> ''Washington Post'' executive editor [[Marty Baron]] responded by saying that Sanders' criticism was "baseless and conspiratorial".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Darcy |first1=Oliver |last2=Grayer |first2=Annie |last3=Krieg |first3=Greg |date=August 13, 2019 |title=Washington Post editor responds to Bernie Sanders: Your 'conspiracy theory' is wrong |work=CNN |url=https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/12/politics/bernie-sanders-washington-post/index.html |access-date=November 17, 2019 |archive-date=November 30, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191130155249/https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/12/politics/bernie-sanders-washington-post/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page