I had a "Washington Post" subscription. I cancelled it last night.

[BlueStater]

They’ve been publishing some really shit opinion pieces lately from right-wing assholes and this one from Marc Thiessen was the last straw for me:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/11/23/three-cheers-lets-go-brandon/

Have some fucking integrity, WaPo. This is an embarrassment. Allowing this scumbag to promote this juvenile idiocy against the POTUS should be beneath your paper.

As long as this little fucker is employed by their paper, they won’t be getting another cent from me. Goodbye and good riddance.

[Ocelot II]

1. Mark Thiessen has always been terrible - but they also have some very good writers,

and sometimes some excellent reporting, which is why I keep my subscription. I just don't read Thiessen's crap.

[USALiberal]

2. I can deal with other opinions. Nt

[BlueStater]

4. This wasn't an opinion worthy of being published in the Washington Post.

A few months ago, they also posted an opinion from Henry Olsen calling Biden’s vaccine mandate unconstitutional, which is an outright lie and a dangerous one at that. I let that slide. This was too much for me.

[Raven123]

15. I have read Marc Theissen in the past

I stopped because when I fact checked him, I found he repeatedly misquoted, or quoted out of context those he cited to support his positions. I can deal with other opinions, but Theissen is simply not credible.

[DFW]

3. Thiessen is a piece of unadulterated dreck that used to work for the odious Jesse Helms

If it weren't for Helms giving him a job on his staff, Thiessen would have been a senior North Carolina Proud Boy who pumps gas in dirty overalls for a living, and complains about "libbruls" in his sleep.

[SMC22307]

5. Doubtful.

Thiessen was born on January 13, 1967.[3] He grew up on the Upper East Side in Manhattan, where both his parents were doctors and "left-of-center liberal Democrat types".

....

"Thiessen is a graduate of the Taft School (1985), a private prep school in Watertown, Connecticut.[5] He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Vassar College in 1989 and completed graduate studies at the Naval War College.[1]

Yes he's vile, but also educated and connected.

[uponit7771]

6. K&R, false equivalence and promotes trolling

[CaliforniaPeggy]

7. Jennifer Rubin is the only reason I read the Washington Post. She is fantastic. n/t

[RussBLib]

8. perfection is not achievable

There is a ton of good stuff in the WaPo. Take some bad with the good.

[Paladin]

9. I need to do the same with my NY Times subscription.

For exactly the same reason. Way too many talent-free right-wing assholes being given way too much space in the Opinion section.

[whathehell]

10. "Joe Biden's 'disastrous presidency'"

What a dick.

He hasn't even been in office a YEAR.

[Poiuyt]

23. Yeah, and what exactly has been disasterous about the Biden presidency?

I guess because the MSM says that it's been a disaster, it becomes true. /s

[whathehell]

24. That would be my question as well

I think most of us are still reeling from the TRULY "disastrous presidency" of The Former Guy. :

[Grasswire2]

11. I read that and the comments that started flowing in middle of night

No class, no talent Thiessen. Just meant to kick up crap and fill a column.

Pathetic.

[Hortensis]

12. Thanks for pointing this out. Not canceling, but I am

writing WaPo to say this is unacceptable.

[hydrolastic]

22. Doing the same

What is the point in publishing this crap anyway?

[PortTack]

13. Kudos to you!

The consumer hold all the cards. If more ppl would do what you just did, they would have to change the narrative

[LiberalFighter]

14. If the WP was consisted mostly of writers like him then yes.

But they are not like the Washington Times or locally for me the News Sentinel. I use to have two options in my city. The other was the Journal Gazette. As it was, the Journal Gazette survived while the NS became defunct. The JG consisted of mostly reporting the news and had more readership. While the NS had more conservative and at times idiotic writers and a lower circulation.

I never subscribed to the NS no matter what offers they provided. And I never submitted letters to the NS. I did submit numerous letters to the JG.

[brooklynite]

16. So, just to review: we don't like the Post, the Times, the Daily News...

…CNN, MSNBC (except Rachel Maddow and Joy Reid), the network news shows, Politico, The Hill…..
Leaving us with ???

(I, for one, will not live a safe bubble of opinions who agree with me)

[Tomconroy]

18. I hope they don't come after The Daily Racing Form!

[brooklynite]

19. Terribly biased...

The horses alway race to the LEFT!

[ProfessorGAC]

25. Good Think We're Not In Australia!

Nothing but turns to the right there!

[zentrum]

17. Bezos own the Post.

That's main reason it's swinging more and more right.

[MichaelSoE]

20. For those unfamiliar with Thiessen here is a screen capture of his latest opinion pieces

I used to peruse the Post's op-ed pages before the paywall went up and was always amazed at reader responses. Thiessen's column always had about 4 to 6 times more comments and 95% of them were rebuttals stating that he was full of shit. He has always been a shill for the hard right.

If he ever did lose his job he could always find a new one at the Washington Times but then he'd be preaching to the choir.

[raccoon]

21. Thanks for posting. My subscription recently expired and I didn't renew

Because it’s expensive and I have enough to read without adding WP.

Now I have another reason.