Originally posted by SamSpade
It's not 'horrible'.
From a previous post ----
Found this (a bit dated, since it goes no later than 2001) bit on the Web regarding the Times -
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Published on February 2, 2001, The Washington Times
The Times wins nine awards for journalism
The Washington Times won nine awards in the Maryland-Delaware-D.C. Press Association contest for 2000, including a sweep of the editorial category and a first-place award for special sections.Deborah Simmons took first place for her Jan. 21, 2000, editorial "Who Killed Brianna?" - which the judges praised as "a well-worded call for justice." Brianna Blackmond was a toddler in foster care who died after being returned to her mother's custody.Diana West came in second in the category with "Win ne
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Published on February 26, 2000, The Washington Times
Times edges Post in newspaper awards
The Washington Times yesterday won 16 awards in the Maryland-Delaware-D.C. Press Association contest for 1999, including first-place awards for editorial, sports and column writing; general news and feature photos; and illustrations.The Times edged out The Washington Post, which garnered 15 awards.Alexander Hunter, graphic artist for The Times, won first place and best-in-show for art or illustration for his rendering of author John Updike in the Books section.Sportswriter Barker Davis won first
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Published on June 11, 1998, The Washington Times
Times captures 13 SPJ local news awards
The Washington Times swept this year's Dateline Awards for excellence in local news coverage, capturing first-place honors in all eight categories of the contest sponsored by the Washington chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists.The Times won more awards than any other area publication or broadcast outlet Tuesday night during the annual SPJ banquet at the National Press Club.Sean Scully, a reporter for The Times, also won the Robert D.G. Lewis Watchdog Award for work that "best exem
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Published on June 8, 1995, The Washington Times
Staff members at The Times cited
Several writers and photographers for The Washington Times took top honors Tuesday night at the Dateline Awards, the annual ceremony in which the Washington chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists recognizes its choices for the best in local journalism."We feel our staff is the best across the board and we're thrilled we won top honors in such a wide range of categories," said Josette Shiner, managing editor of The Washington Times. "They have earned the recognition."In the Edi
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Published on February 25, 1995, The Washington Times
The Times garners 26 prizes in regional journalism contest
Staffers of The Washington Times won 26 awards in the 1994 Maryland-Delaware-D.C. Press Association Editorial Contest, including seven first-place titles and three best-of-show designations.What's more, The Times won its circulation division's Sweepstakes Award, which is based on points for first-place, second-place and honorable-mention awards.Other daily newspapers competing in the over-75,000 circulation division were The Washington Post (which won 23 awards), the Baltimore Sun (which won 21
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Published on June 10, 1994, The Washington Times
Washington Times writers win local excellence awards
Two reporters and a columnist for The Washington Times have won Dateline Awards from the Washington Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists. The awards, which are for excellence in local journalism during 1993, were presented at the organization's annual dinner this week at the National Press Club.Adrienne T. Washington won her second consecutive award in the editorials, columns and commentary category for her "Metropolitan Life" columns on teen-age drinking.Reporters Sean Piccoli a
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Published on JUNE 4, 1992, THE WASHINGTON TIMES
10 Times staffers garner local awards
Nine writers and photographers and an editor of The Washington Times were honored for excellence in local journalism Tuesday night by the Washington Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ).Mary Lou Forbes, Commentary editor of The Times since 1984, was inducted into the SPJ Hall of Fame in recognition of her long and distinguished career. A reporter and
editor for the Washington Star from 1944 until it closed in 1981, Mrs. Forbes won a Pulitzer Prize in 1959 for her deadline rep
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Published on JUNE 6, 1991, THE WASHINGTON TIMES
Times staffers capture awards
Staff members at The Washington Times won three first-place awards from the Society of Professional Journalists in the annual Dateline Awards competition.Theater critic Hap Erstein won in the arts criticism category for a review of "Oedipus the King" set in former Mayor Marion Barry's Washington. Ruth Fremson won in photojournalism for her coverage of Maine Avenue. Elisa Williams won in business and financial reporting for a group of articles detailing trends in local retailing. She tied with Da
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I admit - freely - it has a right wing slant. And it is owned by the Moonies. B*g f*cking deal. The Christian Science Monitor is one of the world's best papers, and it's owned by religious nut-jobs. Being owned by a crazy nut doesn't mean its journalistic quality is poor. Look at who owned CNN.
Just because you don't *agree* with its content, doesn't make it a worthless rag. It's got a long pedigree, and has the kudos to prove it.
...j/k...had to do it.