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The New York Times has seen a steady decline in stock prices within the last six months. Of course, many of you don’t need to be told that this “publication” only prints what it sees fit. However, let me share a little tid-bit with you about the Time’s latest blunder.

On September 10th a full page political ad run in The New York Times – funded by “big-man” George Soros – rallied readers to label General Petraeus as a traitor because he failed to agree with MoveOn’s position on the Iraq war (as seen in the little gem of a graphic at your upper-right.) Clearly, this demonstrates the left’s inability to act rationally on a national level. Just like a child’s mind, it’s always easier to call someone a nasty name rather than argue your claim in a decent manner.

On to the point, what the New York Times failed to note beneath this ad was the fact that their friends at MoveOn.org only paid one third of the $181,692 price tag for an ad of this type. Talk about a nice break for your buddies on the left.

The Black Five blog has even petitioned the Federal Election Commission “for redress of grievances, specifically illegal political advertising practices by the New York Times and MoveOn.org” They correctly cite that: “in order to be fair newspapers and TV aren’t allowed to discount political or advocacy ads so they cannot favor one side.”

AP later reported that the Time’s insisted it was a simple “stand-by rate;” that is, the ad was only going run if no other firms were willing to pay more. However, Kathryn Jean Lopez pointed out that:

“On Sunday we read that it would run Monday and the ad that appeared on Monday said the testimony was happening “today.” A lot of people seemed to know ahead of time the exact day the ad would run. What exactly does “standby” mean? This doesn’t sound like what any normal person would consider “standby” to mean.”

As the Publius Pundit poignantly put it: “What would the Times editorial page say if George Bush attempted to justify his conduct with this kind of ‘explanation’?”

As stated previously, The New York Times is definitely feeling the heat (whether it be from their loss from decreased ad revenue, or many of their other front-page catastrophes.) Let’s just hope the Time’s moves out of print a bit sooner.