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The '''''Washington Times''''' is a [[conservative]] [[newspaper]] in [[Washington, D.C.]] which strives to counterbalance the perceived [[liberal]] slant of the ''[[Washington Post]]''. The paper was founded in 1982 by the Reverend [[Sun Myung Moon]], head of the [[Unification Church]] (known as the "[[Moonies]].")
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The '''''Washington Times''''' is a [[conservative]] [[newspaper]] in [[Washington, D.C.]] which strives to counterbalance the perceived [[liberal]] slant of the ''[[Washington Post]]''. The paper was founded in 1982 by the Reverend [[Sun Myung Moon]], head of the [[Unification Church]] out of appreciation for in his words,
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{{Cquote|because American-led U.N. forces, in the process of saving my country during the [[Korean War]], liberated me from a [[communist concentration camp]] where I had been imprisoned <ref>[http://www.unification.net/2000/20000202.html Founder's Commemorative Address], The Washington Times Foundation, Washington, DC, February 2, 2000.</ref>}}
    
[[Max Blumenthal]] wrote, "The Times has served as a major key on the [[conservative movement]]'s Mighty Wurlitzer." <ref>[http://www.thenation.com/doc/20061009/washington_times ''The Nation''], October 9, 2006</ref>
 
[[Max Blumenthal]] wrote, "The Times has served as a major key on the [[conservative movement]]'s Mighty Wurlitzer." <ref>[http://www.thenation.com/doc/20061009/washington_times ''The Nation''], October 9, 2006</ref>
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