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Founded in 1877 and bought in 2013 by Jeff Bezos through his holding company Nash Holdings. Its Washington reporting operation is among the strongest in the country and its investigative desk is decorated.
Supporters note it holds power in its own city to account better than almost anyone. Critics on the right point to its editorial page's clear direction and to the awkwardness of a paper covering technology and antitrust while owned by one of the richest men in the industry; critics on the left made the same ownership complaint after recent changes to its endorsement practice.