In light of the recent shameless Washington Post editorial pimping for Bush it is time to examine the incestious and corrupt ties between the Washington Post and the Bush regime. It is time to explore and expose their corrupt dealings. It is time to follow the money.
This piece by David Podvin is from 2003 but it is still timely.
http://www.makethemaccountable.com/...
Absent the huge increase in revenue from its Kaplan, Inc. educational materials subsidiary, the Washington Post Company would have been a money-losing organization, the kind of corporation where executives conduct layoffs prior to being fired themselves. The explosive growth at Kaplan was due to the largesse of George W. Bush, the politician whom the company's flagship newspaper treats with tender loving care. It is the Bush program mandating the testing of schoolchildren across America - tests for which Kaplan supplies materials - that makes the federal government a lucrative source of revenue for the Post's cash cow.
Al Gore opposed such massive uniform standardized testing, arguing that children should be striving to learn useful knowledge and skills, as opposed to just memorizing the curriculum for the purpose of performing well on tests. Gore's stance cost him dearly, because it provided the Post with an overwhelming financial incentive to help Bush. Although the Post ultimately gave Gore a meaningless, half-hearted endorsement on its editorial page, it is the paper's news section that sets the daily tone echoed by media outlets across the country. On the all-important front page, Post readers were constantly presented with fabricated stories about the vice president's nonexistent serial deceit. Meanwhile, his mendacious and corrupt Republican opponent was spared critical examination. During the decisive Florida recount, the paper openly sided with Bush.
The decision to opt for cash at the expense of journalism has been enormously profitable: factoring in the Kaplan windfall and the deregulation of the broadcasting industry, the Washington Post Company will gain hundreds of millions of dollars it never would have had if Gore were president. In business terms, the decision to throw in with Bush has been a smart move.