According to this report, Washington's right-wing rag The Washington (Moonie) Times is laying off at least 40% of its staff, and going to free distribution (if you can't sell it, give it away). Started in 1982 by the Rev. Sun Myung Moon's Unification Church, the Moonie Times has been a small but vocal voice of the right wing in D.C., featuring such blowhards as neocon Frank "Gaffer" Gaffney and former Poot Gingrich press aide Tony "The Blank" Blankley on its op-ed pages. It's lost some $2 billion recently, as the Moon family squabbles internally for the remaining assets.
As we've noted, the Moonie Times' circulation is less than that of such papers as the Allentown PA Morning Call. Strangely, though, the Washington, DC media Villagers seek out Moonie Times "reporters" when filling out a panel discussion on their political talk shows. Gotta get those widely-read, wingnut views out!
(photo: Newspaper founder/Messiah Rev. Moon appears at the Washington Times to announce the layoffs)
