The NYT and Wapo were both great papers but suffered increasingly as people turned towards the internet for their news, obvs. Slashed budgets meant less investigation, etc. Both papers have recently enjoyed a renaissance because of an injection of cash (Bezos/Amazon with Wapo) and unsurprisingly both have seen an increase in circulation (or the equivalent digital measurement).
Btw, it was the Washington Post's investigative journalism that unearthed the Watergate Scandal.
The NYT and Wapo were both great papers but suffered increasingly as people turned towards the internet for their news, obvs. Slashed budgets meant less investigation, etc. Both papers have recently enjoyed a renaissance because of an injection of cash (Bezos/Amazon with Wapo) and unsurprisingly both have seen an increase in circulation (or the equivalent digital measurement).
Btw, it was the Washington Post's investigative journalism that unearthed the Watergate Scandal.