Why is the Washington Post cratering so spectacularly? | Margaret Sullivan

2026-02-12 - 11:15

To understand the change in Washington Post’s fortunes, it is worth comparing its demise to the New York Times’s trajectory Not so long ago – it’s been less than a decade – the New York Times and the Washington Post were almost neck and neck in the race for readers, reputation and scoops. The Times was always bigger, but the two were somewhat comparable. These days, that’s far from reality.