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Type | Monthly periodical |
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Founder(s) | Tristram Coffin |
Publisher | Hamilton Fish V |
Editor | Louis Dubose |
Founded | 1974 |
Headquarters | New York City |
ISSN | 0887-428X |
Website | washingtonspectator |
The Washington Spectator is a left-leaning independent political periodical with a circulation of 60,000, published bimonthly by the Public Concern Foundation. It was founded by Tristram Coffin in 1971 as Washington Watch,[1] and became The Washington Spectator in 1974.[2] Coffin remained editor until 1993.[3] Generally, every issue covers a single topic—most often, one that its editors believe is not receiving sufficient coverage in the mainstream media outlets.[citation needed] Since the COVID pandemic began in 2020, it has published its issues online-only.[4]