It appears that
another group has filed a complaint over the Times in this matter:
- The American Conservative Union has complained to the feds that The New York Times' alleged discount to MoveOn.org for its contentious "General Betray Us" ad amounted to an illegal corporate contribution to a political committee.
The conservative group griped to the Federal Election Commission that it had paid "significantly more" for a full-page ad the day after the MoveOn ad attacking Gen. David Petraeus.
As noted elsewhere, I personally think that campaign finance laws are a form of censorship and do not support them.
However, the New York Times has long advocated for them. Therefore, I think, if anything, their alleged complicity in violating these laws is especially egregrious.
