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Written by: Fang Yimei
2020-06-08 22:37
Date of last update: 2020-06-08 22:58George Floyd, an African-American man from Minnesota, United States, was suspected of being killed on May 25 due to excessive use of force by police officers, which triggered a large-scale demonstration in the United States and part of it became a riot. The commentary of the New York Times published an article titled "Sending the Army" on June 3, proposing the government to send troops to suppress the demonstrations, which caused a lot of criticism both inside and outside. Commentary editor Bennett (James Bennet) resigned on June 7.
Demonstration in the United States: Minnesota African-American man Freud died after being arrested by police officers, causing protests in many places. The picture shows June 7, protesters protest in New York. (AP)
"News" publisher AG Sulzberger (AG Sulzberger) said that the newspaper's views and commentary column needs "major reforms", but Bennett and the commentary editor-in-chief Dao (James Dao) is difficult to lead. Dao’s name will be removed from the publishing page, and he will be transferred to the newsroom. Kathleen Kingsbury, the deputy editor-in-chief of the review edition, will act as the acting editor-in-chief of the review edition until the end of the presidential election cycle this year.
The article titled "Send In the Troops" was written by Senator Tom Cotton of the Arkansas Republican Party. It suggested that the government should send troops as part of the demonstration of strong force to prevent demonstrations. During the looting. Many New York reporters and editors criticized them, fearing that they would threaten the African-American colleagues responsible for reporting demonstrations everywhere, and there would be factual errors in the text.
Cotton is a supporter of US President Trump and holds an hawkish stance on China. In the early stage of the outbreak of the new coronavirus pneumonia (COVID-19), he referred to the virus from the Wuhan experiment and the Chinese biological warfare program.
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The editor later added notes to Corton's article, saying there were exaggerated factual statements, unverified descriptions of left-wing people, and misquotes. Cotton's criticism of the comments on social networks on June 5 is another humiliation of "New York", and he will stick to his statement in the article.
It is reported that Bennett said at a conference of the Newsroom on May 5 that he had not read it before the publication of Cotton's article. He apologized on the same day, saying that Cotton's article should not be published, and that the article had not been rigorously edited first.
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