The Washington Post’s former executive editor, Marty Baron, lashed out at the daily’s “cowardice, with democracy as its casualty”.
Baron said that Trump would see the decision “as an invitation to further intimidate” Bezos.
“Disturbing spinelessness at an institution famed for courage,” Baron wrote on X.
Lewis said he recognized that the board’s decision “will be read in a range of ways, including as a tacit endorsement of one candidate, or as a condemnation of another, or as an abdication of responsibility”.
“That is inevitable,” Lewis said. “We don’t see it that way”.
