Chaos descended into the left-wing media establishment, The New York Times after it had published an op-ed by Republican Sen. Tom Cotton, one which had upset their progressive readers.

In his op-ed, Cotton, who was a military veteran, urged the military to help de-escalate ongoing tension and help restore order in the cities after numerous protests erupted from the death of 46-year-old George Floyd. Based on the article, Cotton wrote that “One thing above all else will restore order to our streets: an overwhelming show of force to disperse, detain and ultimately deter lawbreakers.” The Republican senator continued that “local law enforcement in some cities desperately needs backup.” However, Cotton believed that “delusional politicians in other cities refuse to do what’s necessary to uphold the rule of law.”

Cotton’s conservative views sparked outrage from the left-wing media’s Democratic supporters. Many of its readers claimed that the progressive media outlet had put members of the black communities in danger, while others chose to cancel their subscription.

The New York Times editorial team tried to tone down the situation but failed. NYT’s editorial page editor, James Bennet, tried to save the publication by claiming that the media outlet had stood to support and advocate the protests. However, Bennet reasoned out that it is important for their readers to understand the right-wing perspective.

The problem is that instead of quelling the people’s outrage, Bennet’s tweet massively backfired. In fact, even one of NYT’s editors, Bari Weiss, responded that a “civil war” had erupted in the media outlet’s newsroom.

The senator also taunted the media outlet, as the drama ensued.

On Thursday, the media outlet gave way and admitted that with the number of submissions that they receive in a day, they have “rushed” into the editorial process. The publication promised that to ensure such an incident would not happen again, they would decrease the number of op-eds that it published.

However, Cotton slapped back against NYT. His communications director disputed that they did not experience anything different from publishing the recent op-ed versus his previous submission. The senator’s team also questions why the recent op-ed did not seem to meet NYT’s standard.

On Thursday, The Senator himself addressed the issue on Fox New’s “The Story.” During the interview, Cotton claimed that the media outlet was run by a “child mob.” He also denied that he had not met the publication’s standard; in fact, the senator claimed that he had exceeded it.

He continued that within 24 hours, both the publication’s editor and publisher had stood by their decision to publish his article. However, when they were faced by “the woke mob kids” in the editorial room, Cotton claimed that they have both “tucked” and “ran” away.

Today, the NYT’s leadership board had also scheduled a virtual town hall to discuss the incident.