The New York Times sent a letter to Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) on Friday condemning him for suggesting that its employees were involved in Hamas attack on Israel last month, calling him out for parroting disinformation.

The message came in response to a letter that Cotton sent to Times leadership Thursday citing reports that the newspapers journalists were embedded with Hamas, knew about the attack, and ... accompanied members of Hamas as they carried out the attack.

The reports Cotton referenced are completely unverified and irresponsible to share as valid sources of information, Times counsel David McCraw said in response.

As I am sure you agree, the spread of disinformation and incendiary rhetoric threatens the health of our democracy. Sadly, your letter to The New York Times of November 9 exacerbates those very problems, McCraw wrote.