The New York Times’ Opinions Editor, James Bennet, has been forced to resign for having the cheek to allow his section to publish an opinion deemed too controversial. The op-ed in question was by Republican Senator Tom Cotton, who suggested troops could be used to quell the violence unleashed by the killing of George Floyd. Extreme? Possibly. But Polly Boiko asks why it is that a newspaper’s op-ed section should be so scared of actual opinions.

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