Here are some links to different articles on the New York Times discounted ad (discounted$116,000- American dollars) to the Move on organization in their unprofessional, personal, immature, low, vile attack on Gen. David Petraeus. The NYT has been consistent in their lack of support to the troops, their families and those in authority. What is interesting to note is the (lack of) reaction of our elected representatives – those people who have said: “they support the troops” in not denouncing this unethical ad and not showing ANY support to the General and the troops. (for example: “the surge is working not because of the troops”…-Chuck Schumer) Their unprofessional behavior, lack of standard of conduct, disrespect and contempt was demonstrated in their presentations. Important to remember**the military does not make policy**–they just follow the orders that are given to them.
Wikipedia-mini biography of General David Petraeus and the said NYT/Move on ad.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Petraeus
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5hLMqYRK4wj2OXnWEJEgcEaxmURZA
http://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSN1332355120070913
from Moveon.org and their rational for this personal attack: http://pol.moveon.org/petraeus_ad.html
Code of Ethics for Government Service: http://www.house.gov/ethics/ethicschap1.html
From New York Times Code of Ethics (57 pages long)
“The goal of The New York Times is to cover the news as
impartially as possible — “without fear or favor,” in the words
of Adolph Ochs, our patriarch — and to treat readers, news
sources, advertisers and others fairly and openly, and to be
seen to be doing so. The reputation of The Times rests upon
such perceptions, and so do the professional reputations of
its staff members. Thus The Times and members of its news
department and editorial page staff share an interest in avoiding
conflicts of interest or an appearance of a conflict.” (page 3)
Here it is 10 days after the slander of General Petraeus and the Senators (we have 2 per state=100) have voted either against the Move on ad with 72 “yea” vote or not opposed – to the ad 25″nay” votes (3 didn’t vote).
The delay of response/statement of position (brought on by pressure from the American people to voice/clarify their views on this “ad”) and the votes speak volumes about our Senators and their “support of our volunteer troops” and those that lead them.
http://blogs.usatoday.com/onpolitics/2007/09/clinton-dodd-vo.html
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,297498,00.html
http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=110&session=1&vote=00344
U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 110th Congress – 1st Session
as compiled through Senate LIS by the Senate Bill Clerk under the direction of the Secretary of the Senate
Vote Summary
Question: On the Amendment (Cornyn Amdt. No. 2934 )
Vote Number: 344 Vote Date: September 20, 2007, 12:36 PM
Required For Majority: 3/5 Vote Result: Amendment Agreed to
Amendment Number: S.Amdt. 2934 to S.Amdt. 2011 to H.R. 1585 (National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008)
Statement of Purpose: To express the sense of the Senate that General David H. Petraeus, Commanding General, Multi-National Force-Iraq, deserves the full support of the Senate and strongly condemn personal attacks on the honor and integrity of General Petraeus and all members of the United States Armed Forces.
Vote Counts: YEAs 72
NAYs 25
Not Voting 3
Vote Summary By Senator Name By Vote Position By Home State
Alphabetical by Senator Name
Akaka (D-HI), Nay
Alexander (R-TN), Yea
Allard (R-CO), Yea
Barrasso (R-WY), Yea
Baucus (D-MT), Yea
Bayh (D-IN), Yea
Bennett (R-UT), Yea
Biden (D-DE), Not Voting
Bingaman (D-NM), Nay
Bond (R-MO), Yea
Boxer (D-CA), Nay
Brown (D-OH), Nay
Brownback (R-KS), Yea
Bunning (R-KY), Yea
Burr (R-NC), Yea
Byrd (D-WV), Nay
Cantwell (D-WA), Not Voting
Cardin (D-MD), Yea
Carper (D-DE), Yea
Casey (D-PA), Yea
Chambliss (R-GA), Yea
Clinton (D-NY), Nay
Coburn (R-OK), Yea
Cochran (R-MS), Yea
Coleman (R-MN), Yea
Collins (R-ME), Yea
Conrad (D-ND), Yea
Corker (R-TN), Yea
Cornyn (R-TX), Yea
Craig (R-ID), Yea
Crapo (R-ID), Yea
DeMint (R-SC), Yea
Dodd (D-CT), Nay
Dole (R-NC), Yea
Domenici (R-NM), Yea
Dorgan (D-ND), Yea
Durbin (D-IL), Nay
Ensign (R-NV), Yea
Enzi (R-WY), Yea
Feingold (D-WI), Nay
Feinstein (D-CA), Yea
Graham (R-SC), Yea
Grassley (R-IA), Yea
Gregg (R-NH), Yea
Hagel (R-NE), Yea
Harkin (D-IA), Nay
Hatch (R-UT), Yea
Hutchison (R-TX), Yea
Inhofe (R-OK), Yea
Inouye (D-HI), Nay
Isakson (R-GA), Yea
Johnson (D-SD), Yea
Kennedy (D-MA), Nay
Kerry (D-MA), Nay
Klobuchar (D-MN), Yea
Kohl (D-WI), Yea
Kyl (R-AZ), Yea
Landrieu (D-LA), Yea
Lautenberg (D-NJ), Nay
Leahy (D-VT), Yea
Levin (D-MI), Nay
Lieberman (ID-CT), Yea
Lincoln (D-AR), Yea
Lott (R-MS), Yea
Lugar (R-IN), Yea
Martinez (R-FL), Yea
McCain (R-AZ), Yea
McCaskill (D-MO), Yea
McConnell (R-KY), Yea
Menendez (D-NJ), Nay
Mikulski (D-MD), Yea
Murkowski (R-AK), Yea
Murray (D-WA), Nay
Nelson (D-FL), Yea
Nelson (D-NE), Yea
Obama (D-IL), Not Voting
Pryor (D-AR), Yea
Reed (D-RI), Nay
Reid (D-NV), Nay
Roberts (R-KS), Yea
Rockefeller (D-WV), Nay
Salazar (D-CO), Yea
Sanders (I-VT), Nay
Schumer (D-NY), Nay
Sessions (R-AL), Yea
Shelby (R-AL), Yea
Smith (R-OR), Yea
Snowe (R-ME), Yea
Specter (R-PA), Yea
Stabenow (D-MI), Nay
Stevens (R-AK), Yea
Sununu (R-NH), Yea
Tester (D-MT), Yea
Thune (R-SD), Yea
Vitter (R-LA), Yea
Voinovich (R-OH), Yea
Warner (R-VA), Yea
Webb (D-VA), Yea
Whitehouse (D-RI), Nay
Wyden (D-OR), Nay
Vote Summary By Senator Name By Vote Position By Home State
Grouped By Vote Position
YEAs —72
Alexander (R-TN)
Allard (R-CO)
Barrasso (R-WY)
Baucus (D-MT)
Bayh (D-IN)
Bennett (R-UT)
Bond (R-MO)
Brownback (R-KS)
Bunning (R-KY)
Burr (R-NC)
Cardin (D-MD)
Carper (D-DE)
Casey (D-PA)
Chambliss (R-GA)
Coburn (R-OK)
Cochran (R-MS)
Coleman (R-MN)
Collins (R-ME)
Conrad (D-ND)
Corker (R-TN)
Cornyn (R-TX)
Craig (R-ID)
Crapo (R-ID)
DeMint (R-SC)
Dole (R-NC)
Domenici (R-NM)
Dorgan (D-ND)
Ensign (R-NV)
Enzi (R-WY)
Feinstein (D-CA)
Graham (R-SC)
Grassley (R-IA)
Gregg (R-NH)
Hagel (R-NE)
Hatch (R-UT)
Hutchison (R-TX)
Inhofe (R-OK)
Isakson (R-GA)
Johnson (D-SD)
Klobuchar (D-MN)
Kohl (D-WI)
Kyl (R-AZ)
Landrieu (D-LA)
Leahy (D-VT)
Lieberman (ID-CT)
Lincoln (D-AR)
Lott (R-MS)
Lugar (R-IN)
Martinez (R-FL)
McCain (R-AZ)
McCaskill (D-MO)
McConnell (R-KY)
Mikulski (D-MD)
Murkowski (R-AK)
Nelson (D-FL)
Nelson (D-NE)
Pryor (D-AR)
Roberts (R-KS)
Salazar (D-CO)
Sessions (R-AL)
Shelby (R-AL)
Smith (R-OR)
Snowe (R-ME)
Specter (R-PA)
Stevens (R-AK)
Sununu (R-NH)
Tester (D-MT)
Thune (R-SD)
Vitter (R-LA)
Voinovich (R-OH)
Warner (R-VA)
Webb (D-VA)
NAYs —25
Akaka (D-HI)
Bingaman (D-NM)
Boxer (D-CA)
Brown (D-OH)
Byrd (D-WV)
Clinton (D-NY)
Dodd (D-CT)
Durbin (D-IL)
Feingold (D-WI)
Harkin (D-IA)
Inouye (D-HI)
Kennedy (D-MA)
Kerry (D-MA)
Lautenberg (D-NJ)
Levin (D-MI)
Menendez (D-NJ)
Murray (D-WA)
Reed (D-RI)
Reid (D-NV)
Rockefeller (D-WV)
Sanders (I-VT)
Schumer (D-NY)
Stabenow (D-MI)
Whitehouse (D-RI)
Wyden (D-OR)
Not Voting – 3
Biden (D-DE)
Cantwell (D-WA)
Obama (D-IL)
Comment by olotliny — September 20, 2007 @ 5:21 pm
Here is a link to just 1 of many articles where the New York Times (newspaper) admits to their very discounted price to Move on for their full page attack on General David Petraeus.
(for me-too little-too late… our men/women who serve read the papers, watch the news, as do their families—-all this during the fourth year of a war…….treason encaptulates their modus operandi.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treason
http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/nation/ny-usrudy0924,0,4525747.story?coll=ny_home_rail_headlines
New York Times gave ‘price break’ on ad berating Petraeus
BY TOM BRUNE tom.brune@newsday.com
11:33 PM EDT, September 23, 2007
WASHINGTON – The New York Times gave an unwarranted $77,000 “price break” to liberal MoveOn.org on its Sept. 10 full-page ad berating Army Gen. David Petraeus after all, the newspaper admitted Sunday.
After two weeks of saying it had given no special discount, the Times’ Public Editor Clark Hoyt revealed Sunday that the paper should have charged MoveOn.org a $142,083 fixed-date rate instead of the $64,575 “seven-day standby” rate it did.
MoveOn.org executive director Eli Pariser insisted his political action group thought it had gotten a standard rate when it paid $65,000 for the ad, but said it would wire the Times the $77,083 difference today.
The Times’ admission is certain to revive the ad controversy just as it was dying out, and could affect a federal probe.
The American Conservative Union has filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission, charging the Times’ lower rate was an illegal campaign donation to MoveOn.org.
In his column yesterday, Hoyt said the Times also violated a policy against ads containing “attacks of a personal nature” by accepting the MoveOn.org ad copy, titled “General Petraeus or General Betray Us?”
“I think the ad violated The Times’ own written standards, and the paper now says that the advertiser got a price break it was not entitled to,” he said.
Times spokeswoman Catherine Mathis told Hoyt, “We made a mistake.”
Mathis blamed the ad department.
Pariser told Hoyt that MoveOn.org called the Times on Friday, Sept. 7, asking for a rush ad for the following Monday when Petraeus would go to Capitol Hill to give his Iraq war report.
The ad representative said there was room Monday and it would cost $65,000 — without saying that “standby rate” did not guarantee a certain day, but simply one day of the Times’ choosing in a seven-day period.
Not only did the representative fail to spell that out, Mathis said, but he “left MoveOn.org with the understanding that the ad would run” that Monday.
Pariser called on Republican presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani, who demanded and got the same low rate from the Times for his own Sept. 14 ad attacking MoveOn.org, to also pay the more than $77,000 difference.
But Giuliani spokeswoman Katie Levinson replied, “While we appreciate that The New York Times and MoveOn.org have both publicly acknowledged their sweetheart deal, no amount of money will make right this misguided ploy attacking a general in a time of war.”
Comment by olotliny — September 24, 2007 @ 5:32 pm