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Tom Cotton’s NYT Opinion Piece Calls For Military To Quell Riots. NYT Writers Revolt.

Hank Berrien
Tom Cotton’s NYT Opinion Piece Calls For Military To Quell Riots. NYT Writers Revolt.
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On Wednesday, some reporters from The New York Times issued identical tweets decrying the Times publishing an opinion piece from Senator Tom Cotton (R-AR) in which he argued that the Trump administration should send in the military to deal with violent riots and looting throughout the nation.

As Politico’s Alex Thompson pointed out, the four reporters, Taylor Lorenz, Caity Weaver, Sheera Frankel, and Jacey Fortin, all tweeted, “Running this puts Black @NYTimes staff in danger.”

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