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I know of a very prominent conservative writer (not me) interviewed by this newspaper for a slot and then rejected when they realized he actually believed conservative things. So look in the mirror, WaPo.

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The Washington Post

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Dec 15, 2018

Opinion: Conservatism needs a new Weekly Standard untainted by Trump wapo.st/2EynJ72

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Ben Shapiro

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The dirty little secret is that WaPo won’t be hiring the top writers at Weekly Standard for precisely the same reason.

4:54 PM · Dec 16, 2018

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This unnamed writer (only unnamed at his request) won’t vote Trump in 2020. He was deemed too conservative because he says male and female are biological categories.

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Ben Shapiro

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Dec 16, 2018

The MSM has deemed any conservative who won’t cave on every major cultural issue a threat, unworthy of employment. Then they lament that “reasonable” conservatives are dying out.

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Not a secret though. Good writers would actually persuade people with the simplistic eloquence of common sense.

David Messer (in name only)

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Dec 16, 2018

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I hope that DailyWire grabs a few.

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I once called out a WaPo writer for writing an article on Obama lowering the unemployment rate, but citing only U3, ignoring U1, 2, 4, 5, & 6, thus manipulating uninformed readers. He sent me an email agreeing with my points, saying he writes as instructed & has a family to feed.