Editing MoveOn (section)

=== David Petraeus advertising controversy ===
{{main|MoveOn.org ad controversy}}
In 2007, MoveOn received bipartisan criticism [[MoveOn.org ad controversy|for running a print ad]] in ''[[The New York Times]]'' that questioned the personal integrity of General [[David Petraeus]], with headlines such as "General Petraeus or General Betray Us?" and "Cooking the Books for the White House".<ref>{{cite news |publisher=[[CNN]] |date=September 10, 2007|url=http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/09/10/petraeus.moveon/index.html |title=GOP calls on top Senate Dem to condemn anti-Petraeus ad |access-date=September 25, 2007 }}</ref> On September 20, 2007, the Senate passed an amendment by Republican [[John Cornyn]] of [[Texas]] designed to "strongly condemn personal attacks on the honor and integrity of General Petraeus". All 49 Republican senators, as well as 22 Democratic senators, voted in support.<ref>{{cite web | title =U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 110th Congress - 1st Session | publisher =United States Senate | url =https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=110&session=1&vote=00344 | access-date = August 3, 2013 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160428033007/https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=110&session=1&vote=00344 | archive-date = April 28, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> The House passed a similar resolution by a 341–79 vote on September 26, 2007.<ref>{{cite news | last =Taylor | first =Andrew | title =House Condemns MoveOn.org's Petraeus Ad, 341-79 | agency=[[Associated Press]] | publisher =Common Dreams | date =September 26, 2007 | url =http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/09/26/4125 | access-date =August 3, 2013 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20130702121745/http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/09/26/4125 | archive-date =July 2, 2013 | url-status =dead }}</ref>

On September 20, 2007, ''[[The Washington Post]]'' stated: "Democrats blamed the group Moveon.org for giving moderate Republicans a ready excuse for staying with Bush and for giving Bush and his supporters a way to divert attention away from the war."<ref name=furor/><ref>{{cite news|agency=[[Associated Press]] |date=September 20, 2007|url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/washington/2007-09-20-senate-condemn_N.htm|title=Senate Condemns "General Betray Us" Ad}}</ref><ref name="housecondemns">{{cite news | last =Marre | first =Klaus | title =House overwhelmingly condemns MoveOn ad | work=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]] | date =September 26, 2007 | url =http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/house-overwhelmingly-condemns-moveon-ad-2007-09-26.html | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20071013141502/http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/house-overwhelmingly-condemns-moveon-ad-2007-09-26.html | url-status =dead | archive-date =October 13, 2007 | access-date = September 26, 2007 }}</ref>

''The New York Times'' public editor [[Clark Hoyt]] later stated in an [[op-ed]] that MoveOn was mistakenly charged US$77,000 less for the ad than it should have been under ''Times'' policies,<ref>{{cite news|last=Hoyt|first=Mark|date=September 23, 2007|title=Betraying Its Own Best Interests|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/23/opinion/23pubed.html}}</ref> and MoveOn announced that it would pay ''The New York Times'' the difference in price.<ref>{{cite news |first=Alison |last=Vekshin |publisher=[[Bloomberg News|Bloomberg]] |date=September 23, 2007 |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=awa2v3hs.xJE&refer=home |title=MoveOn.org Says It Will Pay Times More for Controversial Ad |access-date=September 25, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071002082942/http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087 |archive-date=October 2, 2007 }}</ref>

MoveOn.org ran more ads using a "betrayal" theme, with TV spots targeting former President Bush and former Republican presidential candidate [[Rudy Giuliani]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=14623512|title=Anger over 'Betray Us' Ad Simmers on Hill|author=Don Gonyea|date=September 22, 2007|publisher=[[NPR]]|access-date=November 22, 2016}}</ref><ref>[https://www.thestar.com/News/World/article/259511 "Putting the moves on MoveOn.org"] in ''[[The Toronto Star]]''</ref> Giuliani ran his own full-page ad<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nysun.com/pics/62696_main_large.jpg|title=his own full-page ad}}</ref> in ''The New York Times'' on September 14, 2007.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/13/AR2007091302379.html |title=Giuliani Plans Full-Page Ad Defending Petraeus - washingtonpost.com |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date= September 14, 2007|access-date=February 25, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/14/us/politics/14paper.html?_r=1&ref=politics&oref=slogin|title=Angered by an Antiwar Ad, Giuliani Seeks Equal Space|newspaper=[[The New York Times]] | first=Katharine Q. | last=Seelye | date=September 14, 2007 | access-date=May 13, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/09/17/politics/main3268035.shtml?source=RSSattr=HOME_3268035 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080110034141/http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/09/17/politics/main3268035.shtml?source=RSSattr=HOME_3268035 |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 10, 2008 |title=Rudy Blasts Hillary Again Over MoveOn Ad, Giuliani Continues To Call For Clinton To Denounce Petraeus Ad, Apologize|publisher=[[CBS News]] |date=September 17, 2007 |access-date=February 25, 2010}}</ref> Giuliani asked for and received a similar reduced fee as MoveOn.org, paying US$65,000.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2007/09/14/giuliani_slams_times_over_anti_petraeus_ad/ |title=Giuliani slams New York Times over anti-Petraeus ad - The Boston Globe |publisher=Boston.com |date=September 14, 2007 |access-date=February 25, 2010 | first1=Katharine Q. | last1=Seelye}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/news/wn_report/2007/09/15/2007-09-15_general_petraeus_ad_nets_giuliani_big_bu.html |title=General Petraeus ad nets Giuliani big bucks from donors |newspaper=[[New York Daily News]] |date=September 15, 2007 |access-date=February 25, 2010}}</ref>