NYT rebuke NYPost's charge that MoveOn.org received a "family discount"

[sabra]

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2007/09/14/giuliani-blasts-ny-times-for-moveon-ad/#more-1934

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There's just one problem. The $65,000 rate is the Times' normal rate for an advocacy ad from a non-profit group, according to newspaper spokeswoman Catherine Mathis.

Mathis wouldn't disclose how much MoveOn.org paid for the ad, citing policy, and said the final cost of an advertisement in the paper depends on a number of variables. But, she said, the standard rate for a full-page, black-and-white advocacy ad would be $65,000.

The newspaper took issue with charges from some, repeated in the Post article, that the left-leaning MoveOn.org got a "family discount."

"We do not distinguish advertising rates based on the political content of the ad," the paper said in a statement. "In fact, the advertising department does not see the content of the ad before a rate is quoted."

"We believe the broad principles of freedom of the press confer on us an obligation to keep our advertising columns as open as possible," the statement continued. "In fact, there are many instances when we have published opinion advertisements that run counter to the stance we take on our own editorial pages."

[redqueen]

1. I'm sure that was just an innocent mistake... and not a flat out lie.

:sarcasm:

[MiniMe]

2. But I bet that Ghouliani did when he bought an ad to rebutt Move-On

[shain from kane]

3. Why should he receive the "family discount" when he doesn't have a family? In the conventional sense

[MiniMe]

4. Because he is the self annointed "savior" of New York

The president of 9-11

[bunkerbuster1]

5. I heard Hannity repeating that bullshit yesterday

Goose-stepping liars.