Talk:The Washington Times

Moved from article, because it was the name not the paper that was purchased.

The Unification Church purchased it from its original family owners.

In the late 1970s and early 80s, Washington, D.C., had only one newspaper, the left-leaning Washington Post.

Please correct me if I am wrong, as pride in my church might bias me toward inflating its achievements. Ed Poor

IIRC, there was a Washington Times, which then went bust, and your church bought it. I don't know whether they just bought the name, or the whole paper, or what they did... -- SJK

In fact, the original Washington Times had merged with another paper (presumably the Washington Herald) to form the Times-Herald, which in turn got bought by The Washington Post. The Post was published for a while as The Washington Post and Times-Herald (with "and Times-Herald" in very small type). So I wonder if The Washington Post was the owner of the name "Washington Times" from which the Unification Church purchased the rights to the name! --- BRG

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BTW, I wonder how many other pages have a now-obolete "/Talk" link in the article body? Ed Poor