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I don't think it's technically the WaPo, because it's posted on a collaborative blog (marked opinion), so it's probably a personal initiative of Volokh (a law professor) and Levy (an attorney). See also http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2016... for how it started.

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That's where the tip started, but this excellent work wouldn't have happened without the Washington Post funding the blog itself.

Are you sure WaPo is funding them at all, not just hosting? It says here (https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/about/...) they are mostly law professors who write for themselves and retain their own editorial control. It used to be an independently hosted blog for a very long time too. That's why I said I think they did it on their own (nothing wrong with that sort of thing).

> We are sharing advertising revenue with the Post, but I’m pretty sure it won’t be much. Our hourly rate for our blogging time will remain pretty pathetic. We’re not in it for the money; if we were, we’d be writing briefs, not blog posts.

- https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/201...

Sounds like this probably would have happened with or without the Post.

Good because WaPo is not a reputable source of information.

They're probably the most reputable & unbiased source of information.

That depends on whether you saw the news about them holding illegal fundraisers or sending all their stories to the DNC for editorial review...

Source?

It's one of the leaked emails:

https://wikileaks.org/dnc-emails/emailid/2699

This site has a copy with more readable formatting:

http://heavy.com/news/2016/07/wikileaks-emails-clinton-berni...

Source please?

See above.

How often do you read it? I recently moved to the DC area so the Post is my daily paper, and while I wouldn't read it if wasn't reputable, I don't think anybody can call it unbiased. It's not just the presidential campaign, they have clear, almost plainly stated bias in lots of areas. I'm fine with that, because it's not hidden and it's not so egregious that they report false stories or something, but the Post should not be your only source of news.

Are you joking? The Washington Post is one of the most left-leaning, biased papers in the country. They're not even subtle about it. Do you honestly not recognize this?

You should consider a career in comedy.

They still need an audience, though. Lots of important information goes undetected because it doesn't have audience reach.

The Post provides them that.

I know, it's not a criticism, I just looked it up because I was curious. I'm happy they're hosted there.

Volokh Conspiracy has been writing long before the Washington Post picked them up

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