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NYT Issues An Apology For Publishing Tom Cotton’s Op-Ed

Hank Berrien
NYT Issues An Apology For Publishing Tom Cotton’s Op-Ed
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On Thursday, after staffers at The New York Times had rebelled because the Times had published an opinion piece by Senator Tom Cotton (R-AR) in which he suggested using the U.S. military to quell the violence rampaging across the nation, the Times meekly offered an apology, adding it would publish less op-eds in the future.

The Times stated: “We’ve examined the piece and the process leading up to its publication. This review made clear that a rushed editorial process led to the publication of an Op-Ed that did not meet our standards. As a result, we’re planning to examine both short term and long term changes, to include expanding our fact checking operation and reducing the number of Op-Eds we publish.”

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