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The Washington Post

Also Known As The Post · WaPo Wikipedia gives two informal forms, WaPo and WP.
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A daily newspaper based in Washington, D.C., founded in 1877 by Stilson Hutchins, whose investigative reporting on the 1972 break-in at the Democratic National Committee's Watergate offices, led chiefly by Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein under editor Barry Sussman, became one of American journalism's defining achievements. Its early coverage received little attention from rival papers including the New York Times, and its own lead reporter has since called the popular myth of two journalists single-handedly bringing down a president totally absurd.

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Founding Year
1877 1
Headquarters
Washington, D.C., United States 1
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Status
Active 1
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Associated With

Bob Woodward, Figures

Washington Post investigative reporter whose Watergate coverage with Carl Bernstein defined modern investigative journalism.

Source Wikipedia
Carl Bernstein, Figures

Washington Post investigative reporter who co-broke the Watergate story with Bob Woodward.

Source Wikipedia
The New York Times, Organizations

Both are widely described as American newspapers of record, and are routinely compared on that footing.

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Newspapers, Media Forms

Milestones Credited

Watergate Reporting, Milestones
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1. Wikipedia
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  • 19th century section
    The newspaper was founded in 1877 by Stilson Hutchins
  • Bob Woodward, quoted in Legacy section
    the mythologizing of our role in Watergate has gone to the point of absurdity, where journalists write ... that I, single-handedly, brought down Richard Nixon. Totally absurd.
  • The Washington Post, lead paragraph (Wikipedia), status
    The Washington Post is an American daily newspaper published in Washington, D.C. It is the most widely circulated newspaper in the Washington metropolitan area and is considered a newspaper of record in the United States.
  • Associated With: The New York Times, Lead section
  • Associated With: Bob Woodward
  • Associated With: Carl Bernstein
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The Washington Post, Wikipedia
Introduction, paragraph 2
Quote, Introduction, paragraph 2
informally as WaPo or WP
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