The Wednesday Layoffs, Including Its Entire Middle East Foreign Reporting Team, Have Been Widely Derided by Post Employees, With Many Decrying Lewis' Controversy-ridden Stewardship of the Paper. Lewis Announced His Departure in a Two-paragraph Email to the Newspaper's Staff

On Wednesday, storied newspaper axed nearly one-third of company after earlier unpopular moves by owner Jeff Bezos

The newspaper that revealed the Watergate scandal is dismissing 300 of its 800 journalists, including many foreign correspondents. The decision triggered a wave of emotion and…