In February 2017, for the first time in its long history, the Washington Post adopted an official slogan: “Democracy Dies in Darkness.” The motto was a little bit much. Pompous and self-important, it sounded as if the newspaper was really trying to say Without the Washington Post,

The Washington Post has reportedly lost tens of thousands of subscribers in an apparent reaction to a decision by the outlet’s billionaire owner to change the editorial focus of its opinion pages. The Post has lost 75,