Ex-Washington Post editor Marty Baron rebukes Bezos: ‘betrayal of free expression’

Ex-Washington Post editor Marty Baron rebukes Bezos: ‘betrayal of free expression’

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​Lauded former editor ‘appalled’ by billionaire newspaper owner’s overhaul of opinion section to narrow focusDon’t let a billionaire’s algorithm control what you read. Download our free app to get trusted reporting.Marty Baron, a highly regarded former editor of the Washington Post, has said that Jeff Bezos’s announcement that the newspaper’s opinion section would narrow its editorial focus was a “betrayal of the very idea of free expression” that had left him “appalled”.In an interview with the Guardian, Baron also said: “I don’t think that [Bezos] wants an editorial page that’s regularly going after Donald Trump.” Continue reading… 

Lauded former editor ‘appalled’ by billionaire newspaper owner’s overhaul of opinion section to narrow focus

Marty Baron, a highly regarded former editor of the Washington Post, has said that Jeff Bezos’s announcement that the newspaper’s opinion section would narrow its editorial focus was a “betrayal of the very idea of free expression” that had left him “appalled”.

In an interview with the Guardian, Baron also said: “I don’t think that [Bezos] wants an editorial page that’s regularly going after Donald Trump.”

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