It was founded in 1877 and purchased for $250 million in 2013 by oligarch [[Jeff Bezos]], at the time, no.19 on the list of the global richest. Its op-ed columnists included [[George Will]] and CIA mouthpiece [[David Ignatius]],<ref>[https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/02/huge-former-ecohealth-vp-dr-andrew-huff-reveals-ecohealth-alliance-hunter-bidens-metabiota-operating-biolabs-funded-cia/ CIA Coup? Ex-Spook: Langley ‘Taking Traitor Trump Out Now’], By Kristinn Taylor, ''[[Gatewaypundit]]'', January 13, 2017</ref> and formerly included [[Robert Novak]] and David Broder. It exhibits a strong [[statism|statist]] and left-wing bias. | It was founded in 1877 and purchased for $250 million in 2013 by oligarch [[Jeff Bezos]], at the time, no.19 on the list of the global richest. Its op-ed columnists included [[George Will]] and CIA mouthpiece [[David Ignatius]],<ref>[https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/02/huge-former-ecohealth-vp-dr-andrew-huff-reveals-ecohealth-alliance-hunter-bidens-metabiota-operating-biolabs-funded-cia/ CIA Coup? Ex-Spook: Langley ‘Taking Traitor Trump Out Now’], By Kristinn Taylor, ''[[Gatewaypundit]]'', January 13, 2017</ref> and formerly included [[Robert Novak]] and David Broder. It exhibits a strong [[statism|statist]] and left-wing bias. |