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International Desk: After online fury and intense criticism from many New York Times staffers, the paper\u2019s editorial page head has resigned in controversy after publishing an op-ed by a US senator who urged military force against protestors nationwide.<\/p>\n
James Bennet \u2014 the editorial page editor since May 2016 \u2014 faced intense backlash after initially defending the column headlined \u201cSend in The Military\u201d by Republican US Senator Tom Cotton. The hardline op-ed \u2014 which Bennet initially defended as an example of the newspaper\u2019s commitment to ideological diversity \u2014 was met with both internal and external outrage.<\/p>\n
Cotton\u2019s essay encouraged an \u201coverwhelming show of force to disperse, detain and ultimately deter lawbreakers\u201d as anti-racism protests rage across the United States.<\/p>\n
Some 800 Times staffers signed a petition in protest of its publication, as many of the paper\u2019s employees tweeted: \u201cRunning this puts Black @NYTimes staff in danger.\u201d<\/p>\n
The company\u2019s publisher, A.G. Sulzberger, also initially defended the decision to issue the column but later said the essay fell short of NYT standards.<\/p>\n
Bennet also admitted he had not read the column before its publication. On Sunday, Sulzberger dubbed James \u201ca journalist of enormous talent and integrity\u201d in an NYT statement announcing the resignation.<\/p>\n
The statement did not mention the op-ed controversy, but the paper quoted Sulzberger as saying in a note to staff that \u201clast week we saw a significant breakdown in our editing processes, not the first we\u2019ve experienced in recent years.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cJames and I agreed that it would take a new team to lead the department through a period of considerable change.\u201d<\/p>\n
The paper named Katie Kingsbury, a Times staffer since 2017, the acting editorial page editor through the November election.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
International Desk: After online fury and intense criticism from many New York Times staffers, the paper\u2019s editorial page head has resigned in controversy after publishing an op-ed by a US senator who urged military force against protestors nationwide. James Bennet \u2014 the editorial page editor since May 2016 \u2014 faced intense backlash after initially defending […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":59704,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2,14],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\t\n