The Washington Post

also referred to as: washington post

part of The Washington Post Company

5 statements across 3 episodes · 0 bullish · 1 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement Nov 29, 2021 by Seth Tibbott · said 37 times in 13 episodes since 2017 · across every show →

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brought up most by Jim VandeHei (15), Guy Raz (14), Tristan Harris (2), Seth Tibbott (2), Tim League (1), Sam Calagione (1), Jann Wenner (1), Casey Neistat (1)

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Everything said about The Washington Post, oldest first

Nov 29, 2021
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Tibbott put The Washington Post on hold for The New York Times.
“At one point, I had to put the Washington Post on hold to talk to the New York Times.”
Seth Tibbott Nov 29, 2021 ▶ 39:45 Live Episode! Tofurky: Seth Tibbott (2019)
Feb 27, 2023
Assertion Supported
VandeHei: The Washington Post and WashingtonPost.com were separate companies in 2006
“Back then, the Washington Post and WashingtonPost.com were separate companies in separate buildings on two different sides of the Potomac.”
Jim VandeHei Feb 27, 2023 ▶ 26:49 Politico & Axios: Jim VandeHei
Feb 27, 2023 neutral
Assertion Supported
Washington Post offered VandeHei an internal venture called Post Politics
“What if we created a company inside the company and called it post politics? Don't do it there. Do it here. If you think the future's digital, build it out here.”
Jim VandeHei Feb 27, 2023 ▶ 29:35 Politico & Axios: Jim VandeHei
Feb 27, 2023 negative
Assertion Not publicly verifiable
Don Graham warned VandeHei that leaving The Washington Post was catastrophic
“Don Graham and his leadership team calls us in and explains to us why it's a dumb idea for us to leave, and Don, who couldn't be a sweeter guy and a smart guy, turned to us and just said, I've never said this to anybody. You are making a catastrophic mistake.”
Jim VandeHei Feb 27, 2023 ▶ 30:26 Politico & Axios: Jim VandeHei
Feb 22, 2024 neutral
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Major Publishers Evaluated Apture Solely on Dwell Time and Ad Impressions
“We did deals with the Washington post, the New York times, the economist, and they would ask us one question, which was how much did you increase the amount of time people spent on my website? Okay. How many ad views impressions did you increase?”
Tristan Harris Feb 22, 2024 ▶ 3:52 The peril (and promise) of AI with Tristan Harris: Part 1
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