As one of those who defended publication of the Cotton perspective (if not the piece), I have to side with NickyG: NYT did mess up royally and until they get their editorial practices up to snuff should not be publishing such things. I did say in my original posts that I didn’t think this piece should have been published because it was badly written, and I see the NYT eventually agreed. I have lost a lot of faith in the NYT due to this, but still trust their good faith in resolving what is broken.
Of course neither the NYT’s about face nor my change in position rule out at some point publishing a properly edited argument for using military to control riots. Not that anyone wants to go there, again including myself.
