Latest Twist in MoveOn Saga: 'Star Tribune' Refunds Money to Al Franken- After Sen. Coleman's Attack

[babylonsister]

Latest Twist in MoveOn Ad Saga: 'Star Tribune' Refunds Money to Al Franken -- After Sen. Coleman's Attack

By E&P Staff and the Associated Press

Published: September 26, 2007 5:55 PM ET

MINNEAPOLIS The Star Tribune of Minneapolis will be refunding about $12,000 spent on a full-page ad to Al Franken's Senate campaign, a Franken campaign spokesman says.

This week, Sen. Norm Coleman's campaign took out a full-page ad in the newspaper criticizing Franken for not condemning a New York Times ad by MoveOn.org, which had attacked General David Petraeus.

Coleman's campaign says it paid a little over $23,000 on the ad - far less than the $37,000 that Franken's campaign says it paid for a full-page ad two months ago.

Franken campaign spokesman Andy Barr says that after contacting the Star Tribune, the paper agreed to refund a little over $12,000. That's slightly less than difference between what the two campaigns paid - which Barr said was probably because of the different days of the week the ads ran.

Benjamin Taylor, senior vice president for communications and marketing at the Star Tribune, said today: "We are refunding Franken's campaign $12,165 to rectify this particular situation. In fact, Coleman was charged the wrong rate, and Franken was charged the correct rate....

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[jpgray]

1. The Strib is still an okay paper

Though it is mostly moderate now, conservatives continue to call it the Star and Sickle here.

[trotsky]

3. The Strib is ruined.

New ownership group dismissed long-time columnists and is outsourcing various operations. I canceled my subscription and made sure they knew why.

[jpgray]

4. It's gone waaaay downhill

But I guess I still have a soft spot for it. Long live the City Pages.

[u2spirit]

2. BWAHAHAHAHAH!

Good for the tribune

[rhett o rick]

5. Frankin will have to decide whose side he is on. It is well past time to choose sides.

The Damn Dem 22 chose the side of King George and fascism. You are either for fascism or for Moveon.org. I don't like polarization, but King George started it when he made it clear that you are either for him or against him. Moveon.org is against. Democrats will have to choose a side. The time for waffling is over.

[antiimperialist]

6. kick n/t