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Marty Baron

@postbaron.bsky.social
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Marty Baron @postbaron.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
The right move. And an excellent, forceful statement: "We have asked the court to order the immediate return of all seized materials and prevent their use. Anything less would license future newsroom raids and normalize censorship by search warrant.” wapo.st/4jUxQEe
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Washington Post demands government return materials seized from reporter
The Post demanded in a court filing Wednesday that federal law enforcement officials return electronic devices the government seized from a staff reporter’s home.
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Marty Baron @postbaron.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
A clear and appalling sign that this administration will set no limits on its acts of aggression against an independent press. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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FBI executes search warrant at Washington Post reporter’s home
The reporter, Hannah Natanson, covers the federal workforce and has been part of The Post’s most sensitive coverage of the first year of the second Trump administration.
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Marty Baron @postbaron.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
It was a real honor yesterday to join other journalists in visiting José Rubén Zamora, the courageous Guatemalan editor being unjustly held in the Mariscal Zavala prison. His spirit, hope and humor remain intact. His strength is an inspiration. May his release come soon. elpais.com/america/2025...
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Un grupo de destacados periodistas y escritores visita en la cárcel al periodista guatemalteco José Rubén Zamora: “Sé que voy a salir”
La comitiva, liderada por el Premio Cervantes Sergio Ramírez y en la que participaron la directora de EL PAÍS, Pepa Bueno, y el exdirector de ‘The Washington Post’ Martin Baron, defiende la liberación...
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David Enrich @davidenrich.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
News: Journalists at Voice of America were just informed that they’ve been put on administrative leave. Two people there told me this went to all fulltime employees. “From what we can tell, VOA is effectively shut down from this moment.”
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Marty Baron @postbaron.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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Trump’s Attempts to Muzzle the Press Look Familiar
Much of what the U.S. president has done to curb independent media echoes the Hungarian autocrat Viktor Orbán’s playbook.
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Marty Baron @postbaron.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
An important piece by Andras Petho, a courageous and independent Hungarian journalist, about what happened in his country and what it signals for the United States.https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/03/trumps-press-freedom-hungary-orban/682060/
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Marty Baron @postbaron.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
I wrote something here about a subject close to my heart. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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Where Jeff Bezos Went Wrong With The Washington Post
The billionaire handled his ownership admirably for more than a decade. But his courage failed him when he needed it most.
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Marty Baron @postbaron.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
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Marty Baron @postbaron.bsky.social · 06/09/2023
Delighted to have mine listed here: www.nytimes.com/2023/09/04/b...
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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 15/08/2023
New: Elon Musk’s X is throttling traffic to news websites and competitors he dislikes, including this one. Five-second delays on links to Bluesky, New York Times, Reuters, Facebook, Instagram, Threads and Substack. Most other sites we tested have zero delay wapo.st/3OYfTa6
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Marty Baron @postbaron.bsky.social · 19/07/2023
First review for "Collision of Power: Trump, Bezos, and The Washington Post," from Kirkus: "Engrossing . . . candid . . . Baron chronicles nearly a decade of history marked by sensitive, controversial stories. . . Impassioned.”
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COLLISION OF POWER | Kirkus Reviews
A newspaper resists manipulation and lies.
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Marty Baron @postbaron.bsky.social · 19/07/2023
First review for "Collision of Power: Trump, Bezos, and The Washington Post," from Kirkus: "Engrossing . . . candid . . . Baron chronicles nearly a decade of history marked by sensitive, controversial stories. . www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/…
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COLLISION OF POWER | Kirkus Reviews
A newspaper resists manipulation and lies.
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Marty Baron @postbaron.bsky.social · 09/05/2023
As a newbie today on Bluesky, I thought I’d announce what’s new for me: My book “Collision of Power: Trump, Bezos, and The Washington Post” will be released on October 3. Available for pre-order in all the usual places and here: us.macmillan.com/books/978125084420…
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