The New York Times headline led to the hashtag #CancelNYT, which jumped to the top-trending topic on Twitter on Monday for several hours.

Several left-leaning pundits and journalists condemned the original headline , including employees of the Times itself and some 2020 Democratic presidential hopefuls.

I write for the NYT. This is a terrible headline. https://t.co/ODa8SUK9wf — Wajahat Ali (@WajahatAli) August 6, 2019

NYT can be an insular institution, particularly when it comes under criticism. But I have never received more texts from furious NYT reporters/writers than I have tonight. They feel like their hard work is being sullied by a horrible headline. And they're all blaming Dean Baquet https://t.co/orhSFjxHtI — Yashar Ali (@yashar) August 6, 2019

Dean Baquet, editor of the New York Times, cares more about being seen as impartial by diehard supporters of Donald Trump than he does about faithfully representing what is happening in American politics. — Brian Fallon (@brianefallon) August 6, 2019

Some conservatives blasted the decision by The New York Times to change the headline by arguing the paper had folded to the "mob."

#CancelNYT is trending because today's front page claims that, in his speech yesterday, @realDonaldTrump urged unity over racism- which he did.



But I guess they thought the headline should be "Trump Accidentally Says Toledo." — Eddie Zipperer (@EddieZipperer) August 6, 2019

Depressing that when the newspaper of record publishes a headline that is remotely neutral to @realDonaldTrump like the fact he's urging "unity" a movement begins to #CancelNYT. Left wing intolerance is as repugnant as right wing intolerance. — Geraldo Rivera (@GeraldoRivera) August 6, 2019