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They know the fine print! The Washington Post Co (NYSE: WPO) founded by Stilson Hutchins in 1877, publishes newspapers, principally the Washington Post, The Herald and about 40 other Maryland community newspapers. It has interests in TV broadcasting, cable, magazines, education and career development services. This $3.55 billion company is based in Washington, DC and employs about 16,400 people. It owns six TV stations, a regional cable system, and an educational services firm, Kaplan. In 2005 the company bought Slate, the online magazine, from Microsoft Corp.
Number of Employees 20,000
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1150 15th St NW
Washington, District of Columbia 20071-0001
(202) 334-6000
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George McGovern wrote an essay for the Washington Post calling for the impeachment of President Bush and Vice President Cheney
- 2008-01-28
George McGovern wrote an essay for the Washington Post calling for the impeachment of President Bush and Vice President Cheney. Most of it was a predictable anti-war aria: Saddam's Iraq was "a stable country with little or no capacity to threaten others"; Bush and Cheney have "increased the terrorist threat"...
Five Years Later, McCain Turns His Back on McCain-Feingold
- 2007-03-27
To: POLITICAL EDITORSContact: Luis Miranda of the Democratic National Committee, +1- 202-863-8148 WASHINGTON, March 27 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today marks a bittersweet anniversary for Republican presidential candidate John McCain's "do-anything- to-win campaign." On March 27, 2002, President Bush signed one of his signature legislative accomplishments -- the McCain-Feingold campaign finance reform...
DNC: The Many Faces of John Mccain: Mccain Changes Tune on Iraq 2/2
- 2006-11-20
To: National DeskContact: Karen Finney or Kimberly Hunter, 202-863-8148, both of the Democratic National CommitteeWASHINGTON, Nov. 19 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Following release was issued today by Democratic National Committee (Part 2/2):MAY 20, 2004: McCain "Stay the Course." In May, McCain continued with same line, saying "We've got to stay the...
ISRAEL LOBBY AND U.S. FOREIGN POLICY, THE
- 2006-10-01
PREFACE In March 2006, we published an essay entitled "The Israel Lobby" in The London Review of Books (Vol. 28, No. 6, March 23, 2006). At the suggestion of several well-respected scholars who had read earlier drafts, we also posted a slightly longer and documented version of the article on...
Tilting at windmills
- 2006-10-01
Lessons from TR Karl Rove recently wrote an essay for Time magazine on the lessons to be learned from the life of Teddy Roosevelt. One lesson was not mentioned by Rove. Roosevelt not only served in the Spanish-American War, leading the famous charge up San Juan Hill, but offered...
Newspaper ideological bias or "statist quo"? The acid test
- 2006-07-01
I Introduction FOR 30 YEARS, debate has swirled around the alleged "liberal bias" of U.S. journalists, and especially journalists who write for publications such as Time, Newsweek, the New York Times, and the Washington Post. Sutter (2001) has written that a veritable "cottage industry" has sprung up as...
Washington Post warns against generals ousting Rumsfeld
- 2006-04-18
WASHINGTON AFP — Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld should have resigned when the Abu Ghraib prison scandal broke, but stepping down now under pressure from the military would set "an ugly precedent," The Washington Post said Tuesday. "In our view Mr. Rumsfeld's failures should have led to his departure long...
Dean: Bush Should Declassify Information on Iraqi Trailers so the American People Can 'See The Truth'
- 2006-04-12
WASHINGTON, April 12 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The Washington Post reported today that President Bush detailed the alleged existence of mobile biological weapons laboratories and claimed that "We have found the weapons of mass destruction," two days afWASHINGTON, April 12 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The Washington Post reported today that President Bush...
Democratic National Committee: The Bush Deficit Shell Game, 2006 Edition
- 2006-01-13
WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The Democratic National Committee released the following today, regarding the budget deficit:Since President Bush came into office in 2001, his reckless policies have created the largest deficits in American history. His failure to balance the budget combined with his stubborn decision to extend tax...
DNC: President Bush and His 'Do One Thing, Say Another' Approach to the Voting Rights Act
- 2005-12-02
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 /U.S. Newswire/ -- One day after President Bush finally called on Congress to extend the Voting Rights Act, a new report in today's Washington Post shows the extent and impact of a concerted effort by the Bush Administration and RepubliWASHINGTON, Dec. 2 /U.S. Newswire/ -- One day...
