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The Washington Post is an American daily newspaper. It is the most widely circulated newspaper published in Washington, D.C., and was founded in 1877, making it the area's oldest extant newspaper.
Located in the capital city of the United States, the newspaper has a particular emphasis on national politics. Daily editions are printed for the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia. The newspaper is published as a broadsheet, with photographs printed both in color and in black and white.
The newspaper has won 47 Pulitzer Prizes. This includes six separate Pulitzers awarded in 2008, the second-highest number ever given to a single newspaper in one year.Post journalists have also received 18 Nieman Fellowships and 368 White House News Photographers Association awards. In the early 1970s, in the best-known episode in newspaper's history, reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein led the American press' investigation into what became known as the Watergate scandal; reporting in the newspaper greatly contributed to the resignation of President Richard Nixon. In years since, its investigations have led to increased review of the Walter Reed Army Medical Center.
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Get the news, the very latest news, the news youll never get from any other source, sir.
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The Washington Post is my view shaper,
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So if you are after the latest news, The Washington Post will give you the most,
And if youre craving the latest views, The Washington Post is the one to read, sir!
Theyve got the comics and the crossword puzzles, too
Theyve got the help wanted pages and want ads there
So if you think youll ever find a better paper in the world
You better go to church and say a prayer (and say a prayer)
Theyve got photographers and correspondents too
Theyve got a big editorial staff as well
So if you think youll ever find a better paper in the world
My friend then you can always go to Hell, (you go to hell, you go to hell you go to hell
You go to hell you go to hell then you can always go to hell, sir!
You might be wondering about their op-ed page
And if theyll print what you offer as timeless prose?
Well, its agreed at least theyll read whatever screed youve scribbled
Right before they tell you, Stick it up your nose! (yes up your nose, yes up your nose,
Yes up your nose, before they tell you, you can stick it up your nose, sir!
Reporters write their stories down by hand sometimes
They use computers and typewriter keyboards, too
So if you think youll ever find a better paper anywhere