To understand the change in Washington Post’s fortunes, it is worth comparing its demise to the New York Times’s trajectory To understand the change in Washington Post’s fortunes, it is worth comparing its demise to the New York Times’s trajectory N ot so long ago – it’s been less than a decade – the New York Times and the Washington Post were almost neck and neck in the race for readers, reputation and scoops. The Times was always bigger, but the two were somewhat comparable. These days, that’