The Gray Lady betrayed itself

The paper's Public Editor denounces the publication of MoveOn.org's Gen. Petraeus attack ad:

FOR nearly two weeks, The New York Times has been defending a political advertisement that critics say was an unfair shot at the American commander in Iraq.

But I think the ad violated The Times’s own written standards, and the paper now says that the advertiser got a price break it was not entitled to...

More from Ed Morrissey:

...The Gray Lady screeches about how nefarious advocates hide behind "issues" to target politicians -- and yet subsidizes an ad from an advocacy group that attacks the honor of a military commander as an indirect attack on the White House...

While MoveOn.org has payed the difference and...

...continues, of course, to stand by the content of the advertisement and to urge citizens and their elected representatives in the Congress to focus on the continued dishonesty of the Bush Aministration and the American blood and treasure being lost in a war for which the Administration has no exit strategy. Certainly that issue is more worthy of the attention of the electorate and the media than the mistake of an advertising representative or the wording of an advertisement.

Mark C.

Damian adds: George Will piles on in today's Washington Post.

Posted by markc at September 26, 2007 07:47 AM