• Talking Points Memo, Monday, November 23, 2009 10:02 PM

Washington Times editorial page editor Richard Miniter is filing a lawsuit against the Times. An affidavit in his suit provides a detailed picture of the inner workings of the troubled newspaper. In recent weeks, three executives have been fired from the paper and its top editor resigned.

The document says the newspaper relies on a roughly $40 million annual subsidy, delivered weekly, from the Unification Church. The affidavit also says Miniter was made to attend a Unification Church religious ceremony earlier this year. Miniter, who at the time was serving as a consultant for the paper, felt pressured because "if I didn't go, [I thought] it would count negatively against my prospects of being offered permanent executive employment" at the paper, per the affidavit.

The publisher of the paper has dismissed as baseless Miniter's charges in a discrimination complaint to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

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