Dozens of New York Times reporters, columnists, editors and producers tweeted a singular message late Wednesday: “Running this puts black nytimes staff in danger.”
The New York Times was facing a sharp backlash from staffers Wednesday after publishing a hawkish op-ed column by Sen. Tom Cotton calling for the military to quell protests across the nation.
Dozens of Times reporters, columnists, editors and producers tweeted a singular message late Wednesday: “Running this puts black @nytimes staff in danger.” “Cotton’s op-ed pours gasoline on the fire. Media organizations have a responsibility to hold power to account, not amplify voices of power without context and caution,” the union said in a statement.
James Bennet, the editorial page editor of the Times, defended the decision to publish Cotton, in a thread of tweets.
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