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The publication of a controversial opinion Piece sparked anger in The Newsroom

The New York Times the opinion of the Editor has resigned to be in the midst of the outrage over a Piece of a Republican senator calling for military violence used to suppress protesters.

James Bennet joined Senator Tom Cotton article with the title "Send troops," caused uproar among the Newspapers, " journalists and readers.

It supports Donald Trump the threat of troops against the anti-racism demonstrators.

The newspaper had initially stood by the publication, but then said the article "does not meet" its standards.

The Change in position came after an outcry from The Public and the staff about the Piece , published on the newspaper's website last Wednesday. Some journalists don't come to work to protest on Thursday.

Mr Bennet, who admitted the opinion of the Editor , as of 2016, later, that he had not read the Piece prior to its publication. " against the groups, which he described as "rioters".

the release happened, as hundreds of thousands of people March over the US in the last few weeks against racism and Police Brutality .

The demonstrations were triggered by the death of the African-American George Floyd in the custody of the police in the last month. Video showed him pinned to The Floor , with a white Police Officer for nearly nine minutes kneeling on his neck.

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More than 800 NYT staff a letter, the notice is published you article, say signed, it contained false information.

"As a black woman, as A Journalist , I Am deeply ashamed that we ran this, Pulitzer prize-winning NYT journalist Nikola Hannah-Jones wrote on Twitter.

In a memo to employees on Sunday, the New York Times " publisher Sulzberger AG, said: "last week, we saw a significant breakdown in our editing process, The First thing that we have experienced in the last few years. "

The Note , said Mr. Bennet, had resigned after he agreed that "it would take to lead a new team The Department in a time of change." There was no mention of Mr cotton Piece .

said the editorial page needed to reflect different points of view. But in a lengthy editors ' note added to the text on Friday, it said in the text "fell short of our standards and should not have been published".

He said: "the editing was rushed and flawed", and added: "The published Piece presented as facts claims about The Role of the "cadre of left-wing radicals such as antifa'; in fact, these allegations have not been confirmed and were largely out of the question. "

The newspaper also said that the senator is the statement that police officers "bore the brunt" of the violence was an "exaggeration, should have been challenged". The heading, the written had not Mr. Cotton," was the cheeky and should not have been used", is added to The Note .

Mr Sulzberger's E-Mail announced that Jim Dao, responsible for op-eds as a substitute in the opinion section, will be moved to a different role, while Katie Kingsbury Commissioner is pages Japanese opinion of the editorial Editor .

Tom Cotton backed Donald Trump 's call for military intervention

On Saturday, Stan Wischnowski, The Top Editor of The Philadelphia Inquirer, resigned following the publication of a heading employed in the same damage set on the death of Black People , prompting public condemnation of many of the Newspapers.

Mr. Wischnowski apologized for what he described as "terribly wrong" - to use decision-making, the heading "building" on an article about civil unrest in the United States.

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Source of news: bbc.com