i want to bring in marty baron. he's the former washington post executive editor he's the author of collision of power, trump bezos, and the the washington post in reaction to the news on x, he wrote this quote, this is cowardice. a moment of darkness that will leave democracy as its casualty. donald trump will see this as an invitation to further intimidate owner bezos and others, disturbing spinelessness at an institution famed for courage. marty, great to see you again what se, should an owner have in setting editorial policy well, they can decide the editorial policy, whatever he wants it to be. >> of course, that's the prerogative of any any owner and evidently he had to say in this instance and decided not to, not to endorse only 11 days before the election is your bff. >> the timing then if the decision has been made six months a year ago, we're going to sit this out and in the future we're not going to endorse. would you feel differently or would you still see it as spineless? dismiss sure. been made three y

earlier today, before beezus published that op-ed, i spoke with marty baron, the former executive editoro the author of collision of power, trump, beezus and the washington post. marty, so good to see you. i wish it was on a day when you are to this upset, angry. you described this decision as a betrayal and you called it spineless. tell us why. >> look, for the entire time that i was executive editor of the post, jeff bezos stood behind us. he supported our independence with a lot of integrity, with a lot of spine, despite enormous pressure from donald trump but that doesn't appear to be the case today. that's the way it was but it's not the way it is and look, the post has a history and a heritage of standing up to power, to holding powerful individuals and institutions accountable, particularly the president of the united states, who is unquestionably the most powerful person in the world. and so, this decision was not made three years ago, two years ago, a year ago, outside of the election cycle, it was made right within a couple of weeks of the election itself, without any substanti

>> in the case of the "washington post," the former executivity editor marty baron called that decision and he thinks that trump will intimidate bezos. is there truth that he is hedging his bets into a potential trump presidency and what do we know about that? >> we know that bezos was behind the decision. that the post said that was the case. jeff bezos is one of the wealthiest people on earth. amazon is fashion an antitrust lawsuit brought by the biden administration. bezos is involved in space exploration. there are many area that is would touch in areas of federal regulation. i can't speak to his motivations but i can say that this does not look great for the post particularly when since when marty baron was editor. the post had framed itself as countering autocraciy, democracy dies in darkness was the slogan bezos had coined and decided to use as "the washington post" slogan. so now some people are seeing that bezos is caving to political pressure. amna: what are we seeing from editors and reporters and staff? >> the staff are very demoralized and upset. several of them have said t

call it x, i call it twitter, about marty baron and "the washington post," because he went after "the post" like crazy. remember what their slogan was, katy? democracy dies in darkness. boy, that's a good one. talk about irony. democracy dies in darkness. so they decided to go dark for the rest of the campaign, at least editorially. loads of courage out there these days. >> larry sabito, i call it twitter, too. i'm too old to change my ways. i turn 41 tomorrow. i'm feeling it when i get out of day. larry, thank you so much. >>> joining us now, former chief spokesperson for vice president harris and co-host of "the weekend" on msnbc, simone sanders-townsend. >> i love larry. he's lovely. as you were talking to him, i was very enthralled in the conversation. >> you were taking notes. >> because donald trump, when he posts on the social media site, it now double posts to twitter, and i'm young, but i'm also too old to change my ways. about an hour ago, he said, when i win, those people that cheated will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. long-term prison sentences, he wrote

joining me now is marty baron, newsrooms under his leadership have won 18 pulitzer prizes including 11 with the washington post, for leading the coverage of some of the most important stories of our time, including the january 6th insurrection. his previous work at the boston globe covering x abuse scandal within the church not only won awards, it was made into the academy winning film spotlight. collision of power, chum, bezos and the washington post, a book that is very relevant to what we're talking about. thank you for being on the show this morning. >> thank you for having me. >> you don't do a ton of press. when you speak, journalists attention because it means something. there are a good number of people who perhaps do not understand the relationship between the owner of a newspaper, the publisher, and the editorial board, and reported. give us a little bit of insight into the relationship and what it means for the owner and publisher of the post to have blocked an endorsement of kamala harris, that was basically repaired. >> at a place like the washington post there is a divisi

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marty baron, the former editor famous editor of the washington post, tweeting, this is cowardice, this democracy as its casualty saying donald trump will see this as an invitation to further intimidate owner jeff bezos and others, disturbing spinelessness at an institution famed for courage, the big question now is why, why did jeff bezos decide to spike this this potential endorsement? because remember, in marty baron zone book collision of power, he says that in 2016, then publisher fred ryan wanted to not make an endorsement and jeff bezos, according to marty karen said, why wouldn't we make an endorsement? they ultimately endorsed hillary clinton. >> alex, yeah. >> the fact that there was this endorsement already ready to go really highlighting what a last minute decision that was and it never goes down well and any newsroom when the owner of the business side inter fears there's much more on this story. no doubt hadas gold. thank you so much for your reporting and still ahead. 11 days to go. and kamala harris is speaking about reproductive rights with a texas size backdrop and non

this is the former washington post editor, marty baron posting shortly after this announcement, announcementas publish saying this is cowardice with democracy as its casualty, donald trump will see this as an invitation to further intimidate owner jeff bezos and others, disturbing spinelessness at an institution famed for courage. i'm still getting a lot of doing a lot of reporting on this, talking to people at the washington post the big question of course, is going to be the reaction within the newsroom. i'm also told there could be resignations as a result of this non-endorsement decision that is quite the condemnation from marty baron, who is not just extremely well regarded in that newsroom, but across the industry. >> and it is going to raise major questions to his point about any kind of pressure that the owner, jeff bezos, is ceiling hadas gold. thank you for bringing us that breaking news and all of your reporting still ahead. a former model sits down with cnn describing an alleged incident that she claims happened more than 30 years ago with former president donald trump her allega

marty baron was editor under jeff bezos, under the first administration of donald trump. and he called this decision cowardly. he also said that the explanation from the publisher that they want the readers to make up their own minds. he called it laughable because because of the timing and he also wondered whether jeff bezos business dealings have something to do with this non-endorsement. take a listen to what he had to say earlier on cnn commercial interests, as we know he got obviously founded amazon has a huge, big, big stake and amazon, he has so that space company called blue origin. >> trump has threatened to pursue his political enemies and he rewards his friends and he punishes his perceived political enemies and i think there's no other explanation for what's happening right now. >> i also want to note that baron in his book, collision of power, that route was recently published. he talked about how he was so proud that when he was at the washington post under jeff bezos, at jeff bezos resisted regular attacks from former president donald trump on washington po

said the paper is returning to its roots by not endorsing a candidate a former executive editor marty baronowardis and a moment of darkness "the new york times" owner and his refusal led to several resignations interesting story there, john. >> tyler, thank you. >>> well, robo taxi service waymo topping out at more than $5 billion it's an interesting next move, right? >> for a number of reasons so waymo, of course, is the clear leader in robo taxis, with 100,000 trips a week now and expanding to new markets it will now let them further accelerate, a competition from the likes of amazon, crews, and tesla all comes on line, some sooner than others what is interesting for google investors is how they're going about it they're raising outside money from several people, that will let waymo continue to build without being a drag on alphabet's balance sheet and make it easier to eventually spinoff. waymo is still unprofitable. a bank of america an less from june estimates 2024 revenue up to $75 million, losses at $1.5 billion. waymo is starting to pay off in terms of adoption. an executive says th

former editor marty baron accused the post of spinelessness while they are entitled to set editorialbusiness with the government through blue rocket and amazon. he may not want to jeopardy already testy relationship with donald trump. brookings institution confirms to fox that he has resigned. similar scenario like the "l.a. times," a liberal newspaper where billionaire owner patrick shoe sean killed an endorsement backing harris. editorial chief aerial gaza said she could not remain silent and followed by two other top editors including a pulitzer prize winner. he wants the paper to be less divisive. that hasn't stopped years of anti-trump pieces in that same atmosphere. more than 1700 people have an schedule their prescriptions. newspaper endorsements don't matter these days in national elections. if they are going to punt on the most important decision of the year why have editorial pages t all, bret? >> bret: good question, howie, thank you. president biden is formally apologizing to native americans for what he calls the sin of a government run boarding school system. the presid

listen to marty baron, the previous editor in chief who has a lot to say about it and has given a lotrviews. it's just, this is a moment when we need bravery, when we need people to stand up. and again, timothy schneider, the very smart academic from yale, talks about the idea that if you are facing authoritarianism, the absolute worst thing that you can do is obey. so there we are. >> okay. i hope to see you guys next weekend. come back next sunday, because it's going to be a big day. thank you. >>> you might have missed it. donald trump told joe rogan about his rivals and north korea dictator kim jong-un. stay tuned. [clears throat] sounds like you need to vaporize that sore throat. vapocool drops? it's sore throat relief with a rush of vicks vapors. ♪ vapocooooool ♪ whoa. vaporize sore throat pain with vicks vapocool drops. >> nine days for the election, and is a former president escalates threats against his political rivals, kamala harris is ratcheting up, saying earlier today in philadelphia, he is full of dark language, full of retribution and revenge. some republicans are taki

squashed an endorsement for kamala harris, drafted by the editorial board former executive if editor marty baron called it an act of cowardice, at least one editor has resigned and some high profile staffers have publicly condemn the decision. others tell cnn they have no problem with the editorial board, not endorsing generally, but they all said they found the timing of the announcement troubling meanwhile, the daughter of the los angeles times owner says she and her father decided that the paper wouldn't endorse harris nneka. sun is showing told the new york times that the decision was motivated by harris is support for israel in its conflict with hamas in gaza. but the 31-year-old activist has no official role at the paper and has been accused four of meddling and coverage. billionaire owner patrick shooting showing later refuted his daughters comments saying she wasn't involved in the decision. three members of the editorial board have resigned and a wave of outrage. readers have canceled their subscriptions retaliatory strike on iran, there are hopes that tensions between the two countries

as you know, the former editor of the washington post, marty baron. man i know well, calls this cowardice his word, cowardice. howard journalists reacting up war, wolf, you have people who are threatening to resign. you've seen some resignations at the post at other papers where editors feel like they are no longer able to do endorse smith's they think that this is a crisis for journalism because this is such a story tradition, even though for a long time the post didn't do endorsements, it's been doing them for decades. they feel like this is going to be a essential ahead of the election. and they can't do it just a little bit 11 days before the election. >> yes. this follows the billionaire owner of the los angeles times blocking an endorsement on their editorial page of vice president kamala harris as well. so what are the broader journalistic applicant? occasions? that's going on right now, i think people are frustrated because you have 2 billion eris, one of which being jeff bezos, that has relationships with the government some of his businesses

both current and former in the water washington post are speaking out about this former editor, marty baron, who led the paper under bezos during the first trump administration, coming out swinging against his former boss, calling the decision not to run an endorsement cowardly. he also said that the explanation given that readers should make their own choice affable, given the timing, take a listen to what he had to say to cnn's michael smerconish the fact is that bezos has other commercial interests, as we know, he obviously founded amazon has a huge, big, big stake and amazon, he has a space company called blue origin trump has threatened to pursue soo his political enemies and he rewards his friends and he punishes his perceived political enemies. >> and i think there's no other explanation for what's happening right now. >> washington post publisher will lewis pushing back on the idea that jeff bezos was intimately involved in nixing the endorsement, saying jeff bezos was not sent, did not read, did not opine on any draft as publisher lewis says, i do not believe in presidential endors