Bennet defended the column but later said he hadn't read it.
, flooding Twitter with a screenshot of the headline and a unified message: “Running this puts all black people in danger, including @nytimes staff members.”
The NewsGuild of New York, which represents the Times’ union, issued a similar statement Wednesday, arguing Cotton’s op-ed “undermines the journalistic work of our members, puts our Black staff members in danger, promotes hate, and is likely to encourage further violence.” “Cotton’s Op-Ed pours gasoline on the fire,” the union wrote. “Media organizations have a responsibility to hold power to account, not amplify voices of power without context and caution.”to show them counter-arguments, particularly those made by people in a position to set policy.”
Times Opinion owes it to our readers to show them counter-arguments, particularly those made by people in a position to set policy.It took until Thursday afternoon for the paper’s leadership to publicly acknowledge the uproar, saying that “a rushed editorial process led to the publication of an Op-Ed that did not meet our standards.”
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