The Washington Times

The Washington Times is a great source for actual news. The cover the facts of the story and if one or more sides have different opinions on the interpretation of the facts they cover that as well. The headlines are actual representations of the article that follows. Many News outlets give you some sensational headlines followed by a paragraph or two of the same thing. Later on in the article one finds out that the headline and lead paragraph are nothing but hyperbole or political spin. The Washington Times plays it straight. I was an intern on the hill some time ago. My job was to read all the major newspapers and put the important stories into a document to give to various congressional leaders. That meant I had the ability to compare 12 different papers from around the country every day. I found over time it was the Washington Times and the Christian Science Monitor who were more often closer to the real story.

There are a few writers who I follow and would like the option to find their columns easily. However, there’s not a search bar to find them. You can choose what topics you want to read about-news, US, opinion-but you have to sift through all the articles to find the writer you are following. I’m using the website more than the app because of this. It’s quicker to Google the name of the contributor to find the article. If a search option was available I would use the app exclusively. Also I would like a away list to save money he articles I had for interest in. When I find one of my the app, I have to go to the website, find the article and bookmark it. Many other apps, like The Daily Caller you have a way to save articles within the app.

Content better, in my opinion, than the Trump Deranged Washington Post App. But, admit it, the Washington Post App is way slicker, and much less cluttered with intrusive advertising than the Washington Times App. With the WT app, sometimes pop-up ads cover the entire screen, leaving no clue as to how to escape them. And the constantly truncated moving text frames, interspersed with constantly moving advertising frames, is one of the worst web page layouts I have ever seen. It is a shame that such good content is presented in such an irksome and klutzy way.

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Was optimistically looking forward to an objective, balanced news provider, especially coming out of D.C. Problem is that it’s virtually impossible to actually read an article! Select an article, article opens, and THEN: horizontal banner near bottom covering ~20% of the screen; right margin ads - OK, that’s fairly common; THEN, FULL-SCREEN pop-up video ad - try to close it, then a subscription solicitation opens and the rest of the screen is greyed-out. It is absolutely the most ridiculous and frustrating website I can recall experiencing. There is such a desperate need for the content I believe the Washington Times provides, but it’s worthless if it can never be read. Hopefully the developers actually read these reviews.

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Too many ads on the screen especially of the type that expand or play animations. One has to scroll past the ads or close them in order to read the articles. Also the text is constantly shifting as ads load within the page pushing text up and down. Personally I also believe this causes the app to freeze or crash more often than other news apps I use (NY Post, WSJ, USA Today, Rush Limbaugh, National Review). While there are many great writers at the Times (I live for Pruden’s columns) the app makes it painful to regularly use. A redesign and better ad integration would go a long way to resolving a lot of these issues.