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The New York Times and the Pandemic of George Floyd
As protests erupted around the US, the Times published an op-ed by Senator Tom Cotton. This was the second time that Harper and many of their colleagues felt that the paper wasn't living up to his own standards. Behind the scenes, New York Times staffers in all corners of the building were furious. More than 800 of the paper staff members sent a letter to management in protest of the op-ed's publication.