A legendary former editor of The Washington Post tore into “craven” Jeff Bezos after the newspaper’s billionaire owner limited what its opinion pages can cover.

Marty Baron, who was editor of The Post from 2012 until his retirement four years ago, accused the Amazon tycoon of being “fearful” of US President Donald Trump.

Bezos prompted a newsroom backlash after announcing the editorial section would move away from its traditional broad focus and instead concentrate on “personal liberties and free markets.”

He added that “viewpoints opposing those pillars will be left to be published by others.”

In response, the paper’s top opinion editor, David Shipley, quit.

The seismic shift comes as........

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