No direct response on whether the Times would observe the restrictions on TV and radio ads. Four editorials since Jan.1 backing McCain-Feingold. We'd look at them very carefully, very, very skeptically. At least 12 editorials backing McCain-Feingold since Jan. 1. Some of them are corporate, he said.
Money is the ultimate fungible commodity.
I don't know. The issue really has never arisen. That kind of ad would certainly fall within our current standards of acceptance. A spokesman says the Daily News has and will continue to accept political and advertising ads. He had no comment on whether the newspaper would follow the McCain-Feingold rules.