The Washington Times is an American daily newspaper that covers general interest topics with a particular emphasis on American politics.[3] It was founded on May 17, 1982, by Sun Myung Moon (the leader of Unification Church, also known as the Unification movement) and owned by News World Communications, an international media conglomerate founded by Moon, until 2010, when Moon and a group of former executives purchased the paper. It is currently owned by the conglomerate Operations Holdings, which is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Unification movement.[4][5] Its daily edition is distributed throughout the District of Columbia and sections of Maryland and Virginia. A weekly tabloid edition aimed at a national audience is also published.[6]
Widely described as a conservative newspaper,[7][8][9][10]The Washington Times was praised by Republican president Ronald Reagan[11][12] and published racially incendiary commentary and promoted conspiracy theories about Democratic president Barack Obama.[13][14][15][16][17][18] It has published numerous columns that reject the scientific consensus on climate change.[19][20][21] Under Wes Pruden’s editorship (1992–2008), The Washington Times was noted for its association with white supremacism, as it regularly printed excerpts from white supremacist publications and published laudatory pieces about white supremacists and the Confederacy.[18] In 2018 it promoted conspiracy theories about the murder of Seth Rich.[9][22][23][24]
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