Newspaper editor Marty Baron: "We always have to hold power to account"
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You may think you know Marty Baron from "Spotlight," the Oscar-winning film about the Boston Globe's investigation of the Catholic Church. But to know the real Marty Baron is to read his new book, "Collision of Power," which takes readers inside what he did after "Spotlight": editing the Washington Post with billionaire Amazon founder Jeff Bezos as its owner, and with Donald Trump in the White House. National Press Club, Washington, D.C.
When asked how the experience of covering the Catholic Church in Boston informed him when it came time to cover Trump, Baron said, "Well, it informed me that we always have to confront power. We always have to hold power to account."
Costa (who once worked at the Post with Baron) asked him, "Do you miss being editor of the Washington Post?"
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