The Washington Post

The Washington Post is a major daily newspaper based in Washington, D.C., known for its political and investigative reporting. One of the most prominent newspapers in the United States, it covers national and international affairs in depth. Widely cited media-bias assessments place it left of center, most clearly in its editorial and opinion sections.

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The Washington Post at a glance

Country: United States
Region: North America · Americas
Kind of outlet: Daily newspaper
Editorial leaning: Left-leaning
Founded: 1877
Owner: Nash Holdings (Jeff Bezos)
Published from: Washington, D.C.
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How Crosswire groups The Washington Post

Crosswire groups The Washington Post as Left-leaning for comparisons within the United States' directory. This is an approximate Crosswire label, not a verified rating of its individual articles or a claim that every journalist shares one position. In the United States, USA Today and NBC News are listed as Centrist, while Fox News is listed as Right-leaning — so you can open The Washington Post beside a title of a different orientation and compare the same day's front pages directly.

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Where The Washington Post sits in the United States' press

The Washington Post was founded in 1877, is published from Washington, D.C. and is owned by Nash Holdings (Jeff Bezos). It is one of 14 outlets tracked in the United States, and one of 4 daily newspapers among them — the others being The New York Times, Los Angeles Times and USA Today. By outlets tracked, the United States ranks first of the 35 countries on Crosswire's Americas hub, which lists 165 outlets in all.

Across the Americas, Crosswire tracks 85 of the 396 daily newspapers in the directory. The nearest counterparts to The Washington Post outside the United States, starting with North America, are Listín Diario (Dominican Republic), Le Nouvelliste (Haiti), The Gleaner (Jamaica) and Trinidad Guardian (Trinidad and Tobago). Opening one of them beside The Washington Post is the quickest way to see what is a house style and what is a national one.