[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 18]
[House]
[Page 25242]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        AHMADINEJAD AND COLUMBIA

  (Mrs. BLACKBURN asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. BLACKBURN. Mr. Speaker, you know, there is quite a bit of 
disgust with what is taking place in New York City today with 
Ahmadinejad at Columbia University. There is disgust also with the 
United Nations. And rightfully so. And we are hearing from our 
constituents about this.
  And then to top it off, the New York Times, who for 2 weeks denied 
that they gave special price breaks to moveon.org for the liberal 
group's ad attacking General Petraeus, finally yesterday through their 
public editor or their ombudsman had to come clean with the truth.
  Yes, indeed, moveon.org should have paid $142,000 for that ad, but 
somehow it was cut in half. The reduced price was a mistake, they said, 
and they admitted they had violated their own advertising policy of 
barring attacks of a personal nature. Two pretty glaring mistakes, 
don't you think?
  The Times claims it is not a poster child for the liberal media, but 
in the recent admission that sometimes reporters had fabricated stories 
while management cut a deal to a liberal attack group and violated 
their own ethics, well, as my grandmother would say, their little 
actions sure are speaking a lot louder than their words. Bless their 
little hearts.

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