Please let me know when it's time to start crying.

The REAL,/i> question is which of Sun's sons will take over the coronations and various other swear-fealty-to-the-church ceremonies that Moon senior was so fond of. I remember the heady days of, oh, five years ago when a parade of right-wing power brokers (including Trent Lott, Tom Delay, and representatives from Bush's office) were summoned to a Moon coronation in D.C. and made to swear fealty to the reverend.

Good times. Good times.

"It exists mainly as a political propaganda project of _____"

Fill in the blank with choice
A the Rev. Sun Myung Moon, a controversial Korean cult leader.
B Rupert Murdoch, a controversial Australian Jew.

Why is it that the reich-wing loves to get it 'news & views' from foreigners intent upon buying a political perspective in our country?

What's the point of the Washington Times any more? Back when they started, the Post was arguably a liberal paper, certainly never as far left as, say, McGovern, but they aggressively took on Richard Nixon and criticized Reagan at least to some degree. These days, the Post leans right and publishes mostly hard-right commentators on its op-ed page. Why should Moon's family keep losing money to provide a right-wing alternative to a right-wing paper?

It's doomed. No one will miss it.

i'd like to see the UPI put out of its misery (and shame) too...

what a scurrilous attribute of this country, to harbor such an indecent agent of deception. spiritual slavery, and theft as the Moon Empire. (and let's not get into the Bush connection...)

Does this mean that Fred Barnes can devote more to being consistently wrong on Fox News?

So, curious about that "family feud", I followed the link that Steve gave and, from there, went to a previous one. Where I found this quote:

[...]the root of the shakeup at the Washington Times is a feud between Hyung-jin Moon, 30, and Hyun-jin Moon, 40 [...]

The only difference between the two sons seems to be one letter and 10 years. I am now extremely curious about the names (and ages) of the other children. That, to me, is as interesting as the ultimate fate of the rag :)

Oh, and I've heard that the New York Post (Murdoch's rag) is having problems too. Maybe the two can get get together for a Tea (and Sympathy) Party...

Oh, my mistake: how could I possibly confuse the Washington Times with the Weekly Standard?

So out of curiosity, is Josh Marshall the ONLY media person who cares about this?

A surmountable loss.

Damn. Right Wing villainy, hate-mongering, propaganda and cults have become so abundant, you can't even extort a living with them any more. There is no demand, but ample supply. The Times can get the F$%^ out of existence and drag the NY Post out with it.

Well, its demise would leave the city with only one hard-right and one center-right daily, instead of the, respective, two and one currently occupying the capital's consciousness.

And yes, by the latter I mean the WAPost.

Relationship with George H. W. Bush

From the wiki...

In the mid-1990s, former U.S. President George H. W. Bush accepted millions of dollars from Moon's Women’s Federation for World Peace to speak on Moon's behalf around the world, a fact that Moon and the Unification Church have widely publicized, particularly in efforts to improve the image of the Unification Church outside the US. While discussing one of Bush's trips (a 1995 tour of Japan), Bo Hi Pak said:

"Then George and Barbara Bush went to Fukuoka, the capital of Kyushu. The people of Kyushu were flabbergasted at Father and Mother's power to tell a U.S. president what to do and plan his schedule. Incredible. This completely changed the attitude of the Japanese government and media toward the Unification community."

Jesus...
How embarrassing.

If that's not conduct unbecoming an ex-President... what is?

Back in the days before the intertubes, when I lived in the DC area, the Washington Times was the place to go for all of the best of right wing loonieness. I remember picking up if not the first, one of the first, editions and there was a Phyliss Schlafly colmun about Rock n Roll. I fell in love;> Even after I moved to Alabama, I subscribed for a couple of years.

A heavy sigh for simpler days when the right wing loonies were just entertainment and didn't rule the world.

Seriously: It really was a good looking paper. Shame about the contents.

Wait, I don't understand. How can the Washington Times be in trouble? Conservatives on the radio and in the intertubes keep telling me that if only there were a real conservative voice out there in the media to compete with the commienazi New York Times, and the slightly less commienazi Washington Post, it would be a runaway success. How can this not have worked?

The (Washington) Times may soon go. Whether it's missed remains to be seen.

I already don't miss it, Good Riddance Moonies.

Why is it that the reich-wing loves to get it 'news & views' from foreigners intent upon buying a political perspective in our country?

Posted by: AmusedOldVet at 3:45 PM

Not quite the same as "buying" political perspective but he got it anyway. I'd throw John Yoo into that pot of unwarranted foreign influencers loved by the right. He's certainly got Moon's despotic ways embedded in his DNA.

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So out of curiosity, is Josh Marshall the ONLY media person who cares about this?

Posted by: MNPundit 4:00 PM

Our own Mr. Benen has shown a fair bit of ongoing interest.

WT is such a bogus outfit. There's no way the kids are going to have the influence or focus of the old man. He just handed over the reins and it's already falling apart. Oh happy day. Maybe the ripple effect will bring down the whole slimy cult.

"The Times may soon go."

It will be missed by me. I would look at an article of theirs, and instantly realize that I have been right, since 99+% of the time the paper contains headlines and stories that are from an alternate reality view of what makes America great.

The only difference between the two sons seems to be one letter and 10 years. I am now extremely curious about the names (and ages) of the other children.

Korean siblings (as well as 1st, 2nd, etc. cousins) share two out of three of their names' syllables, so similar-looking names are the norm.

Well, the basic fact is most of Fox News neanderthals simply don't read much. When they do, it's to move their lips while reading hagiography of or self stroking by their dear leaders (which they got for $5 from some AEI type org that bought in bulk from Amazon to boost the numbers.)

And for extra added fun, Forbes is in the middle of laying off 100 of 200 staffers. I wonder what these stalwart defenders of the king capitalist pig think now about the machinations of capitalism. I'm sure they are still behind those wondrous market forces.

If that's not conduct unbecoming an ex-President... what is?

Hear, hear!

I grew up in DC in the '70s, and was taught to stay the fuck away from the Moonies, because they'd kidnap you and turn you into a zombie.

Cults and parents de-programming their kids were a staple of news shows and movies of the week.

The Moonies famously married hundreds of their cult members in a mass ceremony at the Washington Coliseum, and everybody was creeped out.

When Bush annointed that shitbag, I was horrified.

That loon thinks he's the real Messiah, never mind that Jesus poser, and he's embraced by many holier-than-thou Real True Christiansâ„¢, probably for the $$$$. A few years ago, he paid a bunch of churches to take down their crosses and embrace him as the Real Father, or whatever he calls himself.

Oh, and as someone pointed out over at TPM, defenders of that shitty paper always insisted the Unification Church had nothing to do with the day-to-day operations of the paper, no editorial influence: So why were all the managers and higher-ups involved in the showdown Moonies of long standing?

The Times may soon go. Whether it's missed remains to be seen.

But, but.... it's such really excellent litterbox liner!!!!!

Fishwrapping newspaper. It would be great if it vanished. It would be also nice the Rupert did as well and took his entire sleezy operation with him.

Let's analyze this quote carefully.
"an independent assessment and leadership team has been organized to address the practicalities of daily operations, and ultimately, the future sustainability of the news organization."

From newsspeak in to English: We're fucked/up the creek and we need a way out or we're shutting down.

It's a sign of the times. People won't pay a buck for a paper full of lies when they can watch the lies and then watch Desperate Housewives.

"Sources at the Times said they fear major changes and that the Moon family feud that's driving the paper's turmoil could lead to the Times shutting down in the coming months..."

In related news, the Wikipedia article on Rupert Murdoch has some interesting details on his three older children and their relationship with News Corp.

Who cares - they'll all wind up at the Post anyway, courtesy of Fred Hiatt's conservative puditry jobs program.