Staffers at The New York Times expressed dismay over the newspaper's decision to publish an op-ed written by Republican Sen. Tom Cotton that called for the US military to be deployed in cities across the country to help restore order.
The op-ed was published in The Times opinion section, but staffers from both opinion and the newsroom — which operate separate from one another — publicly dissented.A parade of Times journalists tweeted a screen shot showing the headline of Cotton's piece,"Send In the Troops," with the accompanying words:"Running this puts Black @NYTimes staff in danger.
— Kwame Opam June 3, 2020 Supporting my colleagues, and particularly the black ones. if electeds want to make provocative arguments let them withstand the questions and context of a news story, not unvarnished and unchecked https://t.co/MwiD8BenzO
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