After staff uproar, New York Times says Sen. Tom Cotton op-ed 'did not meet our standards'

[dalton99a]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/media/2020/06/03/new-york-times-tom-cotton/

After staff uproar, New York Times says Sen. Tom Cotton op-ed urging military incursion into U.S. cities ‘did not meet our standards’
The paper said a “rushed editorial process” was to blame. Publisher A.G. Sulzberger earlier defended the essay as commitment to airing a “diversity” of voices that differ from the paper’s editorial stance.
By Elahe Izadi, Paul Farhi and Sarah Ellison
June 4 at 6:55 PM

What began as an undercurrent of newsroom grumbling built into an unusual Twitter tidal wave of public outrage among journalists at the New York Times over their newspaper’s decision to publish an opinion column by Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) calling for military intervention in U.S. cities wracked by protests over police violence.

But after 24 hours of debate and acrimony — during which both the paper’s publisher and editorial page editor strongly defended the need to showcase diverse and controversial viewpoints — the paper late Thursday abruptly announced that Cotton’s op-ed was the result of a “rushed editorial process” and “did not meet our standards.”

The statement from a Times spokeswoman, Eileen Murphy, did not apologize for the op-ed nor explain if it would be marked with a correction.

“I believe in the principle of openness to a range of opinions, even those we may disagree with, and this piece was published in that spirit,” publisher A.G. Sulzberger wrote in a letter to staff Thursday morning.

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New York Times "standards":

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_York_Times_controversies

[still_one]

1. Next in order to present a diversity of views, the NY Times will have David Duke present the

positive aspects of racism

[agingdem]

2. that's why I let my subscription lapse years ago...

what...nobody bothered to read vile Tom Cotton's heinous op ed before they ran it?..the New York Times doesn't have one or two copy editors on its payroll?...the New York Times staff of in-house attorneys lost their copies of the Constitution?...the New York Times staff screaming/begging the higher ups not to print this piece of garbage calling for insurrection.. didn't any of the noise give the op-ed editors pause?...this is typical New York Times...they print crap...mea culpa a day later after the damage is done and then they do the same shit over again...

[dalton99a]

5. The New York Times has never apologized for its role in drumming up support for the Iraq war

or its strange, obsessive coverage of Hillary's emails

[agingdem]

6. you're right...

but why should they apologize?...newspapers love war...online and in print subscriptions went thru the roof...as for Hillary's emails...they knew Trump was a piece of shit but he sold copies...and they wanted a horse race and access..and after the hell "their guy" has inflicted on us and the world they still hang on his every word..

[crickets]

9. +1000000

[MyOwnPeace]

3. I keep getting ads on my screen......

and I keep "moving on" - ain't no way I'm going to buy/pay for any material from THE NEW YORK TIMES.
I refuse to help fund their misguided management and mission.

[Bev54]

4. Too little too late

They already published it

[Blecht]

7. Judith Fucking Miller

I will never give them money.

[PoliticAverse]

8. Apparently it did which is why it was published. n/t