NYT Knowingly Accepting Ad Dollars From Lying AIDS Org
Despite being made aware that The Center for AIDS Prevention is publishing false and misleading facts and statistics about HIV and AIDS, the New York Times says it will not remove the organization’s advertising from the newspaper’s website. “”Should there be allegations of fraud against an advertiser, we would discontinue advertising, until the matter is resolved. At this time, we have no indication of that,” says Times director of advertising acceptability Steph Jespersen. Good for a NEWSPAPER that claims to have the BEST JOURNALISM IN THE WORLD for wanting to take any precaution against misleading its readership about public health should it get in the way of their bottom line. Nevermind that the Times‘ own ad guidelines ban “fraudulent, deceitful and misleading statements.” [ProPublica]
I don’t believe in censoring anyone, including advertisers.
Aids charities seem to be accepting our dollars just fine:
http://www.towleroad.com/
A newspaper MUST “censor” advertisers. Would the LA Times print an ad that said “Best snake oil in the world, so slick you could fuck your mother with it?” No. This shit is even slicker than that. I can’t believe the LA Times is not pulling their ad. A crackwhore would have better standards – as ALL whores have some standards. Precisely WHAT is the LA Times worried about? That the bankrupt executive of a “charity” without any money is going to sue them? Seriously – going to that site, even superficially you can tell it’s BOGUS. They do not seem affiliated with Scientology, what is there to fear? Somebody somewhere is either blowing someone of importance or they are so incompetent and braindead and desperate for cash at the Times they are beyond all hope. I fear it’s the latter. Not even worth the tar.
Every cent that “charity” gets as a result of folks being duped because of the Times pissing away their good name is a cent not going to folks who do real good. Or at least do something. While perhaps not “illegal” it is a moral crime of the highest order for the Times to falsely claim neutrality and abet this.
- Sorry – can’t edit – I thought I had read elsewhere an ad was in the LA Times. My bad. They are having bad times, (badpun,) made sense. The NYTimes, even in it’s web form, is just ten zillion times worse. And USA Today is blithely running them. What the fuck is up?
HIV doesn’t even cause AIDS. It’s simply a marker virus. The proof is that people have survived 25 years or more with HIV in them. Those who have died of AIDS have done so partly because of the depressed immunity associated with drug use, poor hygiene, lack of sleep, crystal meth consumption, and an overall poor lifestyle.
@ Jason – I am taking a wild guess that you just made a bad attempt at ironic humor (and /) or you don’t have that “marker virus” yourself, do you?