Monday, September 17, 2007

You can't trust The New York Times

Normally I wouldn't be caught dead looking at The New York Times, whose motto should be "All the Left-Wing News We Can Slant."

But I started hearing about the break The New York Times gave to MoveOn.Org so it can smear Gen. Petraus, so I had to check it out for myself.

Yes, it's true. The New York Times charged the left-wing smear site, MovOn.Org just $65,000 to place a full page ad in the paper questioning the loyalty and truthfulness of America's top general in Iraq.

I don't know how much control the money people have in newspapers, but I know that newspapers are in business to make money. They have no incentive to give somebody a break on advertising, especially a one-time attack like the one by MoveOn.org. I don't know what a normal charge is for a full-page ad, but I know The New York Times gave MoveOn.org a huge break to get its attack out.

The newspaper itself admitted it made a special deal with MoveOn.org on its pages. Here's a link to the Times' article.

Whatever happened to fairness? Why must The New York Times work so openly with only political party? And if any of you still believe there's not a liberal bias in the news media, you should go back to sleep and wait for the tooth fairy to pay you visit.

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