Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) appears to have won a victory over the New York Times, which reported on Democratic New York Gov. Kathy Hochul’s plan to send troops to the Big Apple to crack down on crime. Ta.
Hochul announced Wednesday that he would deploy 750 troops. National Guard We were dispatched to the New York City subway system to assist the New York City Police Department (NYPD) with bag searches at busy station entrances.
This comes after crime rates increased by 20% in the first two months of 2024 compared to the same period last year, according to NYPD data cited by the New York Post.
The Times shared “breaking news” on social media, which caught Cotton’s attention.
New York Governor Hochul calls in state police and National Guard to help curb crime in New York City subways
Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) has criticized Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul’s 2020 op-ed that sparked a revolt by the paper’s staff and reported plans to deploy the National Guard to New York City’s subways to combat crime. He harshly criticized the Times. Same. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc, via Getty Images)
“We are sending military forces to help restore law and order…” Cotton summarized the Times report.
Cotton was an overt reference to a 2020 op-ed published by the Times titled “Send in the Troops,” in which the president called for the president to quell the George Floyd riots that wreaked havoc in cities across the country. Arguments were made in favor of sending troops. The publication of the editorial caused confusion among the paper’s woke staff, and several editors were forced out.
Several other social media users criticized the Gray Lady for how Mr Cotton’s past suggestions were being implemented by Mr Hochul.
“Remember when the New York Times fired its opinion editor for publishing an article that suggested pretty much this?” asked Daily Telegraph editor James Morrow.
“Tom Cotton proposed sending in the National Guard to quell the most destructive riot in American history,” wrote Aaron Cibarium of the Washington Free Beacon. We are doing that,” he wrote. “Here are crickets from the New York Times staff.”
The New York Times continues to be plagued by Tom Cotton’s op-ed almost four years later
“In the summer of 2020, I was reliably told by @nytimes that this was racism. Even the head of the NYT’s editorial page was accused of publishing an opinion piece in which Sen. Tom Cotton asserted this. I was fired. Any honest newspaper would recognize this,’” said OutKick founder Clay Travis.
“How many @nytimes employees will be killed as a result?” Conservative radio host Erick Erickson addresses claims that Black Times staffers were endangered by Cotton’s op-ed quipped.
New York Governor Kathy Hochul announced that hundreds of National Guard troops will be deployed to New York City’s subways to fight crime. (Photo by John Lamparski/Getty Images)
The Times did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Fox News Digital.
It’s been almost four years since Cotton’s op-ed was published, and to this day people are still talking about it, not because of what the Republican senator actually wrote, but because of the newsroom news that stemmed from it. It’s about the drama.
After this op-ed was published on June 3, 2020, dozens of Times employees flooded social media with a coordinated campaign, many saying, “Doing this puts Black @nytimes staff at risk.” He repeated the phrase “I can do it.”
A few days later, the Times updated Mr. Cotton’s article with a lengthy editor’s note declaring it “does not meet our standards and should not have been published.”
Times publisher AG Sulzberger initially defended the publication of the op-ed, but later reversed his stance and blamed a “rushed editorial process.” As a result, two Times Opinion staffers, James Bennett and Adam Rubenstein, were forced out of the Times. Another staff member, Mr. James Dao, was reassigned to another department.
Former Times reporter and opinion editor Bari Weiss resigned a month later, citing bullying and an illiberal environment at the paper, in part due to the editorial fiasco.
New York Times editor-in-chief loses job over Tom Cotton fiasco, reveals ‘pathetic’ ordeal with angry staff
Adam Rubenstein, a former New York Times opinion editor, said he was once humiliated by Times staff after declaring his preference for Chick-fil-A’s spicy chicken sandwich during new employee orientation. (Jonathan Torgovnik/Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
Op-ed debacles have repeatedly surfaced in the public sphere in recent years. Most recently, Rubenstein wrote an exposé about liberal bias in the Times newsroom.
Perhaps his most explosive anecdote was being shamed by a human resources representative during orientation for saying that Chick-fil-A served icebreakers with his favorite sandwich.
“We don’t do that here. They hate gays,” the human resources manager chided him, and others “started snapping their fingers and applauding.”
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Rubenstein’s Chick-fil-A scandal brought X under fire from liberal detractors like former Times colleague Nicole Hannah-Jones accuse him of making up This story had been repeatedly verified by other journalists and acquaintances of Rubenstein who were aware of the poor direction.
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FOX News’ Bradford Betts contributed to this report.
