Quote Originally Posted by Bing View Post
A person looking at the history and ownership would note that the Times was started by Rev. Sun Myung Moon of the Unification Church and owned by a media conglomerate closely associated with his church until late 2010. Yes that Rev. Moon who has preached that he is the personal reincarnation of Jesus, and who arranged his own coronation as such in 2004. The pejorative for the paper was The Moonie Times. While it had a decidedly conservative editorial policy I wondered why it was so closely allied with some factions in American conservative political circles. I would think that the social conservatives of the Religious Right would not appreciate a self-proclaimed Korean Messiah II. Strange bedfellows or big tent?

With new owners and editors come new perspective but I think the jury is still out on where the paper is going considering its origins.
Even a broken clock is right twice a day, (as the saying goes). I wouldn't necessarily discount the article just because it appeared in the Washington Times rather than the Washington Post.

Likewise, I've read many quality articles in the Christian Science Monitor, knowing full well that newspaper's funding source and origins. I think that as long as one is AWARE that bias exists no matter what, arriving at the truth comes a bit easier, realizing that it's probably somewhere in the middle of two opposing opinions.

As for this particular article, it's certainly an op-ed piece, but it would be easy enough to backtrace his sources and find out whether his statistics hold water or not. What he's saying is neither revolutionary nor mind-blowing -- but certainly very interesting! (Even being Canadian).