The Washington Times

Background

On May 17, 1982, True Parents founded The Washington Times, a daily newspaper in Washington, DC. It is a conservative newspaper, striving to protect America from the misguided elements of leftist thought.

As one of the two major newspapers in Washington, DC, the other being The Washington Post, which tends to represent the liberal viewpoint, The Washington Times built its reputation through its commentaries on United States government policies, over which it had extensive influence.

Furthermore, in 1985, two sister publications of The Washington Times were launched: The World & I, a monthly magazine, and Insight, a weekly news magazine.

1. America is like the head because it leads the free world. If the head becomes dysfunctional, everything will die. Since I knew what would happen to the world in the Last Days and had to deal with it, I had no choice but to make preparations that no one else had thought about.

That is why I founded The Washington Times. The Washington Post, which was the only newspaper in Washington, DC, was contaminated by leftist ideology. What becomes of people who read this newspaper every day?

To ameliorate that, five conglomerates came together and tried to establish a new newspaper, but they failed. This is because a lot of money has to be invested into it every month.

Without a conservative paper, there was no way to mitigate the liberal wave in Washington, DC. There was no newspaper there that presented a God-centered conservative viewpoint.

At that time, there were 1,700 newspapers in America, but The Washington Times came to be the only newspaper standing on God's side. Therefore, The Washington Times was the only one to shine a searchlight to the north, south, east, and west into a world lost in the dark of night. It was the lighthouse for conservatism in a dark world. (209-243, 1990/11/30)

2. I founded The Washington Times to Save America, the very nation that has been opposing me.

Furthermore, I guided political parties and leaders for the sake of America's future. True love involves loving your enemy and still having more love to give. Therefore, the founding traditions of America have to be established anew, and we need to show even greater loyalty to this nation than its citizens do.

If I, as a Korean, do not have greater feelings of patriotism toward America than toward Korea, then the heavenly nation cannot be inaugurated.
(162-241, 1987/04/12)

3. During the seven years after Korea's independence in 1945, heaven was supposed to join the world and advance into the messianic realm, but instead Satan destroyed the entire world. He divided Korea, Germany, and the whole world into two.

That is how Satan's side became dominant. I am a representative who battled that world. I came to America, raised a flag, and put a stop to the Soviet Union and the communist bloc. Gorbachev was not the one who made the Soviet Union collapse the way it did.

Based on God's Will, I founded The Washington Times, as a strong anti-communist voice, which put the brakes on communism worldwide. That is why the Soviet Union broke apart. (204-157, 1990/07/08)

4. The Washington Times strives to prevent the breakdown of families and aims for a moral world. That is why we have become famous for publishing a special “Family” section in the newspaper.

The Unification Church hosted the International Holy Marriage Blessing in Washington, DC. Where else in America can you hear such good news? Those who have made a name for themselves on the stage of international relations or politics will hold great respect for the Unification Church's family movement.

Both rich and poor are interested in this movement in their ways. If this wind sweeps across America and reaches the level of a typhoon, all history will pass away, a new spring will come, and new buds will bloom.

Holding on to this hope, I carry out this work. (288-252, 1997/11/28)

5. The Washington Times must become a standard-bearer in America's revival. Even if we receive opposition, including from journalists, we have to perfect the founding ideology through a constitutional amendment.

The Constitution has not yet brought Americans into a perfect union. Centering on a new Puritan spirit even greater than the first, we must create a constitution for the people of the kingdom of heaven.

We will not be able to do this work if we depart from Christian thought. (378-264, 2002/05/16)

6. The articles found in The World & I are different from those written by regular newspaper journalists.

When The World & I publishes an article, it makes suggestions for the future direction we should take, and regular newspaper journalists are unable to do this.

Through the vast knowledge of the contributing scholars, we say, “This is Asia's situation, this is Africa's situation, this is America's situation, this is Europe's situation; therefore, here are the results that are going to come.”

Thus, The World & I steers the media in the direction of the future. We did not necessarily expect this, but as the years went by, all the

predictions and results envisioned by these scholars came to pass. They made great contributions by suggesting the direction that the world's policies need to take. (249-061, 1993/10/08)

7. The research done by famous scholars is sleeping in university libraries. This is such a loss for humankind. These research papers should be presented immediately so that they can be accessed by all educated people. These research materials belong to all humankind.

They are not just to be stored in certain university libraries. I declared this at the ICUS in November 1985. As of now, the PWPA has been established in 82 nations, so many scholars belong to this organization. These scholars send in manuscripts every three months.

They immediately send their research in various fields and all the materials that can help resolve the world's problems to the editorial department of The World & I magazine.

I started that magazine in December 1985. Because many great scholars from throughout the developed world are contributing to it, educational institutions need to teach this content.

Without gathering the world's great scholars as a vanguard, having them propose a new direction, and then moving forward, the world will come to ruin. No scholar or journalist in America has ever thought about this. (138-032, 1986/01/13)

8. Amid my legal battle with the American government, I approved the funds necessary to launch The Washington Times. I also created Insight and The World & I magazines. I did that to revive America.

You need to know that I stood in the position to take responsibility for America and to protect America. Even though I faced a barrier of sorrow like an impenetrable fortress, I accomplished my mission and duty to step forward and go over that barrier.

The central figure has to take responsibility and protect the nation. I stood in the position to protect America and lead America. The destiny of the numerous nations of the free world depends on this. (173-264, 1988/02/21)

9. Through its commentaries on the news, The Washington Times should guide America so that it can deal with communism. Insight magazine publishes 100 percent of the votes cast by all members of the US Congress each day on proposed legislation.

Every week we publish exactly how the senators and representatives voted, exposing their positions regarding proposals that are leftist or otherwise harmful to the nation.

Lastly, based on contributions by the world's eminent scholars, The World & I is guiding the future direction people need to take in different fields, as well as the direction that America needs to take.

In this manner, we are investing our efforts to help the world move forward as one. (201-151, 1990/03/30)

Beacon of Truth

The Washington Times has maintained a conservative tone, based on the traditional values of American society, and it has been suggesting the direction and policies America has to follow.

Furthermore, The Washington Times became a very influential newspaper in Washington's political arena during the time of the Cold War, by publishing unbiased, in-depth reports on the dynamic changes taking place. It has received favorable reviews for its outspoken commentary.

Apart from the news department, The Washington Times also initiated innovations in editing and design. On October 15, 1988, the International Society of Weekly Newspaper Editors awarded The Washington Times with their highest award at the International Newspaper Editors'?

Conference, which included the participation of major newspapers from the United States, Europe, South America, and Canada.

10. In the future, members of the United States Congress and those who serve in the administration are to stand in a position of America's central pillar. However, being vulnerable to the ideology and trends of the liberal world, they have not been able to grasp any direction and have fallen into despair.

This is why President Reagan gathered five men of great wealth and decided to create a conservative newspaper.

However, will Americans pursue a project that will cause them to lose money? No one will do that.

That is why I, the one they called the enemy of America and tried to expel, ventured to do this. We started making preparations on January 1, 19,82, and published a newspaper on March 1. I sent out 200 people on January 1, and told them, “Make the newspaper by the first day of March!”

This is how, 58 days later, the newspaper printed its first issue. This is unprecedented in history. Today The Washington Times, which began like this, has become the beacon of light for the conservative world. (127-161, 1983/05/07)

11. Even America's administration and other government institutions know that The Washington Times strives to protect the world and create a peaceful world. The Unification Church received much persecution in America, but it did not fight back and instead pursued peace.

We carried out educational programs for citizens nationwide and moved forward to plant our roots into the most advanced new Christian thought. People know this and trust us.

Therefore, American citizens also trust that if a complicated problem arises, The Washington Times will resolve it immediately. The Washington Post and The New York Times are different.

The Washington Times always goes in one direction, focused on the traditions of Christian ideology and conservative values. But it is not just wedded to conservatism. We understand the principles of Cain and Abel, so we embrace both right and left.

If we publish three articles about the party in power, we make sure that we also publish one or two articles about the party out of power, and maintain a good balance. In this way, no one can complain. (389-174, 2002/08/03)

12. The Washington Times is at the cutting edge of the world's media organizations. It has become the number one newspaper in the conservative world in name and reality.

Now the American media, including The Washington Post and The New York Times, recognize The Washington Times as the number one newspaper in the conservative world.

By adding an online presence to the newspaper, we are carrying out a movement to pull together the conservative world, and that is how we are in a leadership position.

The conservative world is an extension of Christian ideology. We must take a leadership role in Christian thought, but not as a denominational movement. Working from the basics, we are pulling Catholicism and Protestantism forward.

Academics and others who know us say that this process could break down unless the Unification Church guides it. So we are pulling everything forward. Because the media world affects everything, if we simply change its direction, we can assimilate everything and leave it healthier than it was. (282-179, 1997/03/12)

13. Today, the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) has become an issue. The development of SDI needs to be understood from the perspective that the Soviet Union and the United States have countless nuclear bombs, and America is trying to develop guided missiles to defend against Soviet attack.

I encouraged The Washington Times to take the lead in arguing on behalf of SDI in the debate over government policy on the matter. Even while being accused, centering on The Washington Times, I encouraged the Reagan administration to pursue SDI as a policy.

When President Reagan held talks in Geneva, we sent our editor-in-chief to tell them that we must not back down on SDI development. I worked so that they would promise to make that decision. (143-062, 1986/03/15)

14. Why is it that the foremost editors-in-chief and owners of media organizations attended the World Media Association conference in London? If journalists in the conservative world come and go for the sake of their benefit, their differing opinions in multiple newspapers can be a distraction to a nation that is deciding on policy.

The world's public opinion should not be like a cloud floating in midair. This is why The Washington Times, representing the conservative world, has been preparing to provide articles to conservative newspapers via the Internet. This will bring these newspapers together.

Using the Internet, The Washington Times can provide articles that are of a quality higher than those they obtain from their private news services.

Because of this, people in the media all over the world will be interested in The Washington Times, and it will become their primary resource. Our standard has risen to that level. (389-175, 2002/08/03)

15. The media influences the government's executive branch by supplying informative material. This is not the government's job; the government gathers and summarizes these articles that come from media organizations. It issues the resultant data every week.

The Washington Times provides 65 to 75 percent of that information. This means that The Washington Times is informing the decision-makers in all the branches of the administration.

Summarized content, centering on the articles of The Washington Times, is issued and disseminated to the whole world through the government's public information agency, which has a great influence.

Thus, The Washington Times is performing a great service by contributing to the world of information, the global tide extending into the future. Through this, communism is melting away.

Until now, we moved forward based on the confrontation between communism and democracy. But now we are moving forward by restructuring Christian thought and establishing family ethics as the standard. (237-015, 1992/11/10)

16. The Washington Times retains a vast amount of information. If it wants to do an investigation, it can immediately extract and view all the relevant information. Without such a capability, we cannot provide guidance for the world.

The American Department of Defense, State Department, White House, and libraries send inquiries to The Washington Times regarding obscure and detailed questions. In this way, The Washington Times is becoming known as one of the world's best information sources.

That is why the articles published by The Washington Times have the power to influence the world, even moving readers to tears. (273-154, 1995/10/22)

17. The Washington Times has experts on the North Korean issue. The State Department's officer in charge of dealing with North Korea has relations with The Washington Times and, while exchanging information, that officer makes inquiries.

These people do not know the direction of the providence. They are coming to depend on us. The media and even the politicians are looking to The Washington Times.

This newspaper is the place where the best information networks put together a picture of the future. The Washington Times, competing with hundreds of other newspapers, ranks among the top.

The advanced nations of the world that hold sway over the six continents, and the world's news services, know that The

The Washington Times is trusted as the most conservative newspaper in America. (260-098, 1994/04/28)

18. If you disconnect from the world of information, you cannot be a leader. Information is that important. That is why I founded a newspaper. What is so outstanding about The Washington Times?

It is located in America, but I do not work just for the sake of one nation alone. I work for the Will of God and the sake of the world. That is why The Washington Times has become a first-class newspaper and has risen to the highest echelon. (285-047, 1997/04/19)

19. In 1985, 300 newspapers were selected from American media organizations for review. Among them, the newspaper considered most influential, most talked about, and most productive of exclusive stories was The Washington Times.

America has abused me and communist forces have threatened me for publishing The Washington Times, but I continue treading the path of suffering for the sake of the free world, for the sake of the Will of God, and for the sake of the path He desires me to take.

We are brave soldiers, confronting these communist threats and freeing the world of communism's cancerous foundation. Heaven has led the historical search for justice, and it tries to establish such organizations and set them up in the central position, the position of the owner.

Centering on The Washington Times, the American media will have no choice but to yield naturally. (138-117, 1986/01/19)

20. At a design competition entered by 8,000 of the world's newspaper companies, The Washington Times received the grand prize and awards in 38 of their 100 categories.

There were 12 judges involved, all of them experts in the fields of performing arts and visual arts from major international newspaper companies. In 1988, the panel of judges voted unanimously for The Washington Times as the first-place winner.

There had been a unanimous vote only one time previously, in 1971.
(183-157, 1988/10/31)

21. The Washington Post and The New York Times are following the way The Washington Times designs its newspaper. I am the one who advised The Washington Times regarding its layout.

For this work, my artistic sense is excellent. I advised the staff about everything from the spacing of lines to the overall layout. This design has been taking first place at exhibitions for the past ten years. (231-043, 1992/05/31)