# James Bennet The [[New York Times]] editorial page editor who resigned in June 2020 after the paper published [[Tom Cotton]]'s "Send in the Troops" op-ed during the George Floyd protests. His ouster became a flashpoint in the debate over whether mainstream newsrooms had become intolerant of conservative views — a story he later revisited as a critic of the *Times*. > [!note] Stub > Minimum-viable page created to support the [[New York Times Timeline]]. Expand with the Cotton op-ed episode and the internal culture-war fallout.