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On the right came a wealthy real estate baron who blamed immigrants, the "deep state" and other insidious actors for America's decline.

On the right came a real estate baron who blamed immigrants, the "deep state" and other insidious actors.

“This is a self-inflicted wound on the part of the Washington Post,” Martin Baron, former editor of the Post, said in an interview Monday.

Others interpreted the decision rather differently: “This is cowardice, with democracy as its casualty,” former Post editor Marty Baron wrote on X.

Former Post Editor Martin Baron criticized the Washington paper’s move, saying Friday that “history will mark a disturbing chapter of spinelessness at an institution famed for courage.”