"There's no way we can be a "propaganda outlet for the U.S. government" when it's head has no interest in speaking with us."

Non-sequitur.  I would argue that WaPo is even more nefarious than Pravda because at least with them there was not this facade of independence.  At least the media illiterate (your readers) knew that Pravda was government propaganda. The only time you substantially disagree with Obama on foreign policy is when you perceive him as not being hawkish enough.  Name one war the WaPo didn't support, cheerlead, and shamelessly influence public opinion to get behind.  Just one.

"they're OPINION writers"

"This dishonesty – or lack of any commitment to the truth – is even worse among editorialists and columnists. Having discovered that there was virtually no cost for being catastrophically wrong about the facts leading into the Iraq invasion in 2003, these writers must feel so immune from accountability that they can safely ignore reality."  -- Robert Parry, journalist.