Washington Times

U.S. right

Background

The Washington Times was founded on May 17, 1982 by Sun Myung Moon, the Korean religious leader who founded the Unification Church, in part as a conservative counterweight to the Washington Post. It was owned for most of its early history by News World Communications, Moon's international media conglomerate, and was heavily subsidized by the Church — Moon acknowledged in 2002 that the organization had spent an estimated $1.7 to $2 billion on the paper over its lifetime. In 2009, facing broader financial strain, the Unification Church announced it would end direct funding; the paper responded by laying off roughly 40 percent of its staff. In 2010, Moon and a group of former editors reacquired the publication under a new corporate entity that eventually became Operations Holdings, Inc., which remains tied to the Unification Church. The paper has maintained a consistent conservative editorial record, endorsing Republican presidential candidates and supporting right-leaning policy positions across decades. Media bias analysts rate it as right-leaning: Media Bias/Fact Check places it at Right-Center with mixed factual reporting, and AllSides rated it Lean Right as of January 2025. In 2025, the paper's editorials were laudatory of Trump's second-term early actions, describing the administration's direction as heading toward a 'Golden Age' and praising moves to close federal agencies.

Sources

1. The Washington Times – Wikipedia
2. News World Communications – Wikipedia
3. Washington Times – Bias and Credibility – Media Bias/Fact Check
4. Washington Times Media Bias – AllSides
5. EDITORIAL: Trump's first 100 days – Washington Times
6. The Washington Times – Operations Holdings
7. About – Washington Times

Profile compiled 2026-06-25; refreshed when ownership, funding, or the administration changes.

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