Jim VandeHei

Like even this crap about like we're just going to follow the data.

I don't even understand what that means.

It works perfectly if you're trying to sell a pair of shoes because you can watch what size and style people are looking for.

Bezos, Murray, others, they all keep talking about we're going to follow the data.

I'm sorry if you're going to follow the data.

What you're going to end up is mass producing content around porn, gambling tips.

weed variations, funny memes, and videos.

Like that's where data is going to lead you.

I love that Washington Post.

So like that doesn't seem like it.

And then I would say you are the Washington Post, right?

Yes, Politico did eat your lunch on politics and a lot of the policy, but there's no reason you couldn't reclaim that.

There's all these federal agencies.

There's all this money.

There's all of these contractors.

This is a rich, rich, rich area.

Make no mistake about it.

Even with the economic –

like uncertainty right now, and even with the cuts in federal government, the derivative businesses around here are massive, massive.

So if you just built it around the federal government and all the people that feed off the federal government, and the fact that you have pretty powerful people who come into this town, do business in this town, live in this town, care about the sports teams, care about the housing prices, it gives you a pretty clear blueprint of