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Feb 01, 2005

We Examine the Examiner

Today was the first day of publication of the Washington Examiner, which makes them, as their publisher James McDonald points out, “the first generally circulated daily newspaper to be created in the Washington metropolitan area in more than three decades.” The newspaper was started by Denver billionaire Philip Anschutz, an evangelical Christian and supporter of the group “Focus on the Family.” (The same group that outed SpongeBob) The Post profiled Anschuntz in detail in November….

 
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