It's no secret that the press is biased toward the left and has taken the lead in attempting to undermine public support for the war. But I can't recall anything quite so brazen as this. It turns out that the MoveOn ad in the New York Times that attacked General Petraeus and accused him of betraying the United States was sold by the Times at a sharply discounted rate. In effect, the publishers made a $100,000 contribution to an attack on the character of our top military commander in Iraq.
Rudy Giuliani has made the most of this story by asking the New York Times to give him the same deal for a full-page ad supporting the war.
"Times Gives Lefties a Hefty Discount for 'Betray Us' Ad," Charles Hurt, New York Post, September 13 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 US 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 General Betray Us."
According to Abbe Serphos, director of public relations for the Times, "the open rate for an ad of that size and type is $181,692."
A spokesman for MoveOn.org confirmed to The Post that the liberal activist group had paid only $65,000 for the ad—a reduction of more than $116,000 from the stated rate.
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