Mass layoffs at The Washington Post on Wednesday affected roughly 30% of the storied paper’s employees, decimating news divisions up and down the masthead.Neither Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos nor publisher Will Lewis has commented publicly.The paper’s former executive editor, Marty Baron, shared no such qualms ― and published his own scathing assessment of both Bezos’ recent stewardship and the cuts themselves, saying the layoffs ranked “among the darkest days in the history of one of the world’s greatest news organizations.”“Bezos’s sickening efforts to curry favor with President Trump have left an especially ugly stain of their own,” said Baron. “This is a case study in near-instant, self-inflicted brand destruction.”Baron also pilloried Bezos for his “gutless order” prohibiting the Post from making a presidential endorsement in 2024 while also reworking the paper’s editorial page such that it “now stands out only for its moral infirmity.”“Loyal readers, livid as they saw owner Jeff Bezos betraying the values he was supposed to uphold, fled The Post,” Baron wrote. “In truth, they were driven away, by the hundreds of thousands.”Here’s a look, by the numbers:Amount Amazon MGM Studios spent on the rights to “Melania” the movie: $40 million.Amount Amazon MGM spent marketing “Melania:” $35 million.Reporters laid off while in the middle of a war zone: At least one.Number of Middle East correspondents and editors fired: All of them.Amount of sports department remaining: None of it.Reporters and editors in India and Australia: All laid off.Books coverage: Gone entirely.Journalists laid off: More than 300.Presidential endorsements muzzled: One.Cost of Jeff Bezos’ yacht: $500 million.Median salary of a Washington Post employee in the Post’s Newspaper Guild: $99,904.Estimated cost of Lauren Sanchez’s wedding dress: $300,000.Jeff Bezos’ net worth: $245 billion.Words Bezos and Washington Post publisher Will Lewis have devoted to addressing the cuts: 0.Last reported annual losses of the Post: $100 million.Number of years of losses Bezos could reportedly absorb with what he makes in a single week: Five.Close