According to one employee, Senator Tom Cotton’s column has netted the Times the highest ever number of cancellations in a single hour.
I’m writing today because, for many, pride in this work has been overshadowed by the disappointment and hurt felt over an Op-Ed we published online yesterday afternoon.
I’ve heard from journalists on the front lines of this story about the trauma of watching brutality replayed on endless loops on television and social media. About conversations with your children that have brought you to tears. About being afraid to walk down the street, get in your car, or—particularly—put your safety on the line reporting from inside the protests.
. “Racial inequality remains rampant in wealth, housing, employment, education—and enforcement of the law. This is not news, but it is the responsibility of all those in power to recognize and fix it.”While Sulzberger acknowledged that many of his employees believed the column fell “outside of the realm of acceptability,” he largely ignored any factual complaints.
As Dean and Joe wrote in a recent note to the newsroom staff, “We are reporting on a story that does not have a direct precedent in our lifetimes.” In publishing an Op-Ed that appears to call for violence, promotes hate, and rests its arguments on several factual inaccuracies while glossing over other matters that require—and were not met with—expert legal interpretation, we fail our readers. Choosing to present this point of view without added context leaves members of the American public—whom our newspaper aims to serve and inform—vulnerable to harm.
Staff shortages on the Community team should be addressed immediately, as readers need an opportunity to express themselves.
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