United States: Tribune Calling for the Deployment of the Army Debates the New York Times

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The rostrum of the very conservative senator Tom Cotton went badly with certain journalists, whereas the country knows a vast movement of protest against the police violence. 

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Editors, editors and also freelancers have spoken on Twitter and the least we can say is that they don't hide their anger. "  Surreal and terrifying,  " writes the correspondent in China, "  a publication that puts the lives of our African-American colleagues at risk,  " said another colleague. 

Surreal and horrifying to wake up on the morning of June 4 - the 31st anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown - to this headline. pic.twitter.com/vNtiFz3vqq

The reason for their indignation? A column published Wednesday in the New York Times by the very conservative senator Tom Cotton . Resuming President Donald Trump's speech, he pleads in favor of the army's intervention to put an end to the troubles that have been agitating the country for more than a week, following the death of George Floyd . 

You should know that the service which decides on the publication of opinion platforms in the New York Times is independent of the editorial staff of the newspaper. And the head of this service defended the publication, saying that it was important to give readers other points of view. But he also recognized that some may find the contents of this forum "  painful and dangerous  ". 

This platform calling for military intervention to restore order has already had direct consequences on the work of journalists. Several sources have said they will no longer provide information to the New York Times .

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