Marty Baron, Lionized and Lambasted at The Washington Post, Has a Story to Tell

Trump on Trial • SCOTUS’s New Term • Bari Weiss’s Ambitions [View in your browser]( | [Update your preferences](newsletter=vf) [Vanity Fair Hive logo image]( Marty Baron, Lionized and Lambasted at The Washington Post, Has a Story to Tell Good morning from the Hive newsroom! Donald Trump was back in court yesterday for day one of his civil fraud trial in New York, Bess Levin [writes](, while Joe Biden is eyeing swing states in preparation for a bruising rematch in 2024. “Trump is a great motivator for MAGA voters,” one Biden insider [tells]( Chris Smith, “but he’s an even better motivator for Democrats.” Plus, Cristian Farias [previews]( the Supreme Court’s new term, with abortion and guns back on the docket. On the media front, Joe Pompeo [ventured]( to the Berkshires to sit down with former Washington Post executive editor Marty Baron, who has a new book out today on grappling with newsroom unrest, owner Jeff Bezos, and of course, Trump. “The press is still struggling with him in the way that the press in other countries has really struggled to cover autocrats,” Baron says. And Emily Jane Fox [attended]( Bari Weiss’s debate on the sexual revolution in Los Angeles, where the ambitions of her site, the Free Press, “were on full display.” Thanks for reading. [marty baron ]( [Marty Baron, Lionized and Lambasted at The Washington Post, Has a Story to Tell]( By [Joe Pompeo]( [Sitting down with Vanity Fair in his Berkshires home, the celebrated former Post executive editor gets candid about his new memoir, in which he opens up about staff unrest, Jeff Bezos, and Donald Trump.]( [Read more button](   [Bari Weiss’s Salon for the Disenfranchised Is Just the Beginning for the Free Press]( By [Emily Jane Fox]( [The ambitions of the Free Press, her indie media outfit, were on full display at a debate about the sexual revolution.]( [Read more button](   [The Supreme Court Is Not Done Courting Disaster, With Abortion and Guns Back on the Docket]( By [Cristian Farias]( [The new term kicking off this week could also see the justices defanging the federal government. Welcome to “Crazytown,” as one high court expert put it.]( [Read more button](   [Joe Biden Is “Laying the Groundwork” for a Bruising Rematch Against Donald Trump]( By [Chris Smith]( [With the GOP primary looking all but over, the president is hitting crucial swing states as his team tries to make 2024 a repeat of 2020. Though Trump drives MAGA voters, says one Biden insider, “he’s an even better motivator for Democrats.”]( [Read more button](   [Trump’s New York Fraud Trial Kicks Off With News He’ll Be Tried Without a Jury Because His Lawyers Didn’t File the Paperwork for One]( By [Bess Levin]( [Uh, oops?]( [Read more button](   Get on the list Subscribe to our Hollywood newsletter for your essential industry and awards-season news, every day. [Sign Up Now](   [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [LinkedIn](   This e-mail was sent to you by The Hive. To ensure delivery to your inbox (not bulk or junk folders), please add our e-mail address, vanityfair@newsletter.vf.com, to your address book. View our [Privacy Policy]( [Unsubscribe]( Sent from Condé Nast, 1 World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007 Copyright © 2023 Condé Nast