NYT's Ben Smith calls the Washington Post's 'revival' under Marty Baron 'one of the really great stories in US journalism'

Sarah D | 2:49 PM on January 27, 2021

If you’re like us, you’ve watched with a combination of morbid curiosity and outright annoyance at the Washington Post’s downward trajectory over the past several years.

And if you’re like New York Times media columnist Ben Smith, you’ve been living on Earth 2.

After WaPo executive editor Marty Baron announced his retirement yesterday:

Washington Post executive editor Martin Baron announces his retirement https://t.co/MCcVnn4rSv

— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) January 26, 2021

This was Smith’s take:

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA https://t.co/fzu35ylCGn

— Oilfield Rando (@Oilfield_Rando) January 26, 2021

Like, how can you not laugh?

Maybe the most astonishing tweet of the year so far, by the NYT's media columnist. https://t.co/mN91MK5sXh

— Mark Glennon (@GlennonMarkE) January 26, 2021

Just amazing.

My personal favorite was buying a multimillion dollar super bowl ad just to tell everybody how amazing they are.

Definitely the peak

— Oilfield Rando (@Oilfield_Rando) January 26, 2021

tHe rEviVaL oF tHe @washingtonpost oVeR tHe LaSt dEcAdE iS oNe oF tHe rEaLLy gReAt sToRiEs iN uS jOuRnALiSm. pic.twitter.com/k1j2ZY90gQ

— Oilfield Rando (@Oilfield_Rando) January 26, 2021

Ah. May. Zing.