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Editorial Dishonesty at the Root of Washington Post’s Financial Woes

PRESS RELEASE

Contact: Henry Herrera

Telephone: +1-301-801-0608

Email: info@saveservices.org

Editorial Dishonesty at the Root of Washington Post’s Financial Woes

WASHINGTON / February 10, 2026 – Last Wednesday the Washington Post announced its long-awaited decision to lay off more than 300 editors and reporters. The purge will eliminate the paper’s sports section, several foreign bureaus, and books coverage. The outlet lost an estimated $100 million in 2024, according to The Wall Street Journal (1).

Stop Abusive and Violent Environments (SAVE) views the move as self-inflicted, largely the result of staffers who glossed over scientific truth in favor of a politically acceptable version of events.

The US Centers for Disease Control reports that each year, there are more male victims than female victims of partner abuse (2):

  • 6.5 million male victims
  • 5.7 million female victims

But repeatedly, the Washington Post published accounts that ignored the research and proffered a one-sided version of the truth that ignored male victims. One editorial, authored by actress Amber Heard, later resulted in Heard’s agreement to pay $1 million to Johnny Depp for defamation (3).

Following is a listing of many of the untruthful articles that appeared in the Washington Post over the years(4):

  1. May 10, 2013: “Conference Shines Light on Plight of Battered Mothers Seeking Custody.”
  2. December 29, 2021: “The Pandemic Caused a Global Surge in Domestic Violence. For Victims with Few Options, Abuse has Become the New Normal.”
  3. January 18, 2022: “Senators are Pushing to Reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act. Will it Help Indigenous Communities?”
  4. February 17, 2022: “More than 1 in 4 Women Have Experienced Domestic Violence in Their Lifetimes, Global Study Finds.”
  5. October 20, 2022: “Domestic Violence Victim Advocates on Case Uptick During Pandemic.”
  6. January 3, 2023: “Climate Change Puts More Women at Risk for Domestic Violence.”

Leading researchers have repeatedly recognized the similar levels of male and female perpetrated domestic violence. California State University researcher Martin Fiebert reviewed 343 scholarly investigations in over 40 countries and concluded, “women are as physically aggressive as men (or more) in their relationships with their spouses or opposite-sex partners.” (5)

But to this day, even reputable organizations such as the World Health Organization publish reports that ignore the problem of female-perpetrated domestic violence (6).

Reporters need to take a balanced and science-based approach in covering the domestic violence issue.

SAVE – Stop Abusive and Violent Environments – is a 501(c)3 organization working to assure due process, fairness, and equal opportunities for men.

Links:

  1. https://www.politico.com/news/2026/02/04/washington-post-layoffs-jeff-bezos-00764227
  2. Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey: 2016/2017 Report on Intimate Partner Violence, 2022. Tables 9 and 11. https://www.cdc.gov/nisvs/documentation/nisvsreportonipv_2022.pdf?CDC_AAref_Val=https://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/pdf/nisvs/nisvsreportonipv_2022.pdf
  3. https://www.foxnews.com/us/amber-heard-finally-paid-johnny-depp-1-million-owed-bitter-defamation-battle
  4. https://endtodv.org/pr/abusegate-10-year-suppression-of-the-truth-on-domestic-violence-by-the-washington-post/
  5. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/261543769_References_Examining_Assaults_by_Women_on_Their_Spouses_or_Male_Partners_An_Updated_Annotated_Bibliography
  6. https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/violence-against-women