Angsty Journalists Said the WaPo Sports Section Was Indispensable. The Evidence Suggests Otherwise.
Recent ‘sports’ coverage highlighted Colin Kaepernick, climate change, racial equity, and the NHL’s failure to adequately celebrate queer culture The Washington Post shuttered its so-called sports section last week amid sweeping layoffs intended to transform the once-revered paper into a product that makes money because people actually want to read it. Doing what comes naturally,