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Playing devils advocate here, doesn't that mean they were actually shit before?
They weren't. The Times has always been pretty good, but is definitely on fine form at the moment.
WashPo used to be a decent paper, perhaps went off the boil a bit - it's political compass definitely went a bit squiffy at one point - but then got bought by Steve 'I don't need my newspapers to earn money' Bezos, so is now in the fortunate position of being a media outlet whose sole purpose is high quality journalism.
The Grey Lady has won 119 Pulitzer Prizes, and the WashPo 47. So neither are shit or ever have been.
I could possibly think of a comparable paper to the WashPo here but I couldn't think of a comparable paper to the Times. Unfortunately the Times knocks the London Times into a cocked hat.
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Playing devils advocate here, doesn't that mean they were actually shit before? But yeah, I agree – they've obviously raised the bar with the depth of research and matter-of-factness in a way that the UK media doesn't have to because they don't face the same threat.