Daily Wire Reports: The New York Times slammed scores of woke employees who signed onto a letter this week criticizing the newspaper’s coverage of transgender issues.

The nearly 200 employees who signed onto the letter accused The New York Times of “anti-trans bias” and aligning their views with “far-right hate groups,” which was followed by a second letter led by LGBT advocacy group GLAAD and signed by activists and public figures.

Joseph Kahn, the executive editor of The New York Times, responded to the letters in a statement addressed to the company.

“It is not unusual for outside groups to critique our coverage or to rally supporters to seek to influence our journalism,” he said. “In this case, however, members of our staff and contributors to The Times joined the effort. Their protest letter included direct attacks on several of our colleagues, singling them out by name.”

“Participation in such a campaign is against the letter and spirit of our ethics policy,” the letter continued. “That policy prohibits our journalists from aligning themselves with advocacy groups and joining protest actions on matters of public policy. We also have a clear policy prohibiting Times journalists from attacking one another’s journalism publicly or signaling their support for such attacks.”