“WaPo has pretty much lost any semblance of credibility it may once have enjoyed in years past.”
When? When they destroyed Nixon to help Democrats? What credibility? When?
Its been a left leaning paper that favored Democrats as long as I can remember. Washington DC is a city thrives on government programs favored and supported by the Left. That is the WaPo’s main audience. They support and help set the Left’s agenda. And most everyone knew that.
Even after Watergate I think the paper still maintained a modicum of credibility because of its reporting resources, wide circulation, and generally well written articles (style and quality of writing, not content).
I think ever since Clinton got into office the paper has gone down hill substantially. It is blatantly partisan and the writing quality has deteriorated into nothing but cheap left wing propaganda. Of course the WaPo had a visceral hatred of GWB and worships Obama.
Its OK if a paper has a tilt to the left or right, but there are minimum reporting standards that are still essential to maintaining credibility. In my opinion, the WaPo no longer even pretends to uphold those standards.