Statement from MoveOn.org Exec. Director, Resolving the NYT Ad Rate "Issue"

MoveOn.org via PRN Newswire ^ | Sept. 23, 2007 | Eli Pariser

[pillut48]

"Now that the Times has revealed this mistake for the first time, and while we believe that the $142,083 figure is above the market rate paid by most organizations, out of an abundance of caution we have decided to pay that rate for this ad. We will therefore wire the $77,083 difference to the Times tomorrow (Monday, September 24, 2007). We call on Mayor Giuliani, who received exactly the same ad deal for the same price, to pay the corrected fee also."

[pillut48]

Y'all figure Rudy will jump on keeping up with moveon.org faster than a New York minute?!

[tired1]

thank you, Mr. Soros.

[Publius]

"I'll see your $142,083 and raise you $77,083."

[tje]

Yeah, well, I don't see how money should be able to make the crime go away.

[Loyal Buckeye]

This resolves nothing.

[Fresh Wind]

You can count on a flood of “donations” from NYT staffers to MoveOn.org to cover the $77K.

[Old Flat Toad]

Did Rudy actually take out the ad, or just try to see if he could get the same rate?

[Bob J]

The fix is already in. Nice how Move On acts so quickly to cover the PR rear of their propangandist partners.

[NormsRevenge]

“I’ll see your $142,083 and raise you $77,083.”

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All In !! (oops, wrong thread.)

It’s the Daily KooKs in action methinks... gambling with other people’s money and lives.

Nice to see a gotcha like this now and then.

[Combat_Liberalism]

Rudy does not take orders from the lisping sissies at Move On.

[misterrob]

All it does is allow the Slimes to keep another hack liberal editorialist/reporter on the payroll for another year.

[traditional1]

[Tarpon]

So if a crook robs the 7-11 then decides to give back the money, all is square?

[Rosemont]

Another Lib Soros pathetic PR stunt.

[pillut48]

Oops, forgot to add to the header this was reported on Drudge!

[ricks_place]

We (Moveon.ick) will therefore wire the $77,083 difference to the Times tomorrow (Monday, September 24, 2007). We (Moveon.ick) call on Mayor Giuliani, who received exactly the same ad deal for the same price, to pay the corrected fee also.

Except Mayor Giuliani's ad did run as standby and was not guaranteed on a specific day. Go pound sand and I bet the wire funds never gets to the bank.

[mdittmar]

I love it!

[pillut48]

Ha! I didn’t know this! Bwahahaha!! Poor Soros, just wasted $77K making a non-point to look ‘non-partisan’, snicker!!! :-)

[Scarchin]

If they did nothing wrong then they shouldn’t have given more money.

This is an admission of guilt.