Former Washington Post Editor Torches Jeff Bezos Over Newsroom Cuts

A legendary former editor of The Washington Post has called out the decision to gut the paper's newsroom, calling it one of the "darkest days" in the publication's history and torching billionaire owner Jeff Bezos for "sickening efforts to curry favor" with President Donald Trump.

Marty Baron, who was editor of The Post from 2012 until his retirement five years ago, wrote in a statement: "This ranks among the darkest days in the history of one of the world's greatest news organizations."...