Times Gives Lefties a Hefty Discount for 'betray Us' Ad

The New York Times dramatically slashed its normal rates for a full-page advertisement for MoveOn.org's ad questioning the integrity of Gen. David Petraeus, the commander of U.S. forces in Iraq.

Headlined "Cooking the Books for the White House," the ad which ran in Monday's Times says Petraeus is "a military man constantly at war with the facts" and concluded - even before he testified before Congress - that "General Petraeus is likely to become ... Full Story »

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Matt Smyth
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by Matt Smyth - Oct. 1, 2008

The Post does a good job of calling a spade a spade. The editors at the Times clearly bent over backwards to accomodate the political message they supported. Freedom Watch conversely cannot get its response ad to the moveOn ad posted in the Times according to Fox news.

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