That is what free speech is all about. The Times has spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on newsprint and ink for its editorials and news stories praising Al Gore and bashing Ralph Nader and George W. Bush. Both the Times editorials and the activities of the political parties are protected by the First Amendment to the Constitution. You see it referring to the free press, which is one of America's great strengths.
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Political expenditures by independent groups are unregulated and unlimited, but to regulate or limit such expenditures would be to trample the First Amendment and restrict political speech. Such restrictions would give the editorial page of the Times, which would presumably still be unregulated, even more power than it already has. The New York Times sells about a billion dollars a year worth of advertising for products ranging from perfume to BMWs to luxury condominiums. This is almost comical coming from the Times, which, even while the Cold War was raging, never considered any demagogic leftist leaders in Latin America to be threats worth fighting. Terrorism is wrong, and the Hamas and Hezbollah groups supported by the Muslims for Mrs. Clinton are enemies of America and of America's ally, Israel.