FREEDOM OF THE PRESS RESERVED FOR HE WHO OWNS THE PRESS

Julia has the tale of a full-page New York Times ad, bought, paid for and scheduled to run.

Except it didn't.

We had planned for the new Not In Our Name statement of conscience to run on Friday, January 21, in the New York Times. We had a contract and a confirmation number. This ad was to be our answer to the inauguration, and it was timed to appear in the middle of the inauguration news coverage.

The ad did not run. The advertising department were themselves deeply surprised by this, and have not been able to explain what happened. In fact, we were told that to their knowledge this had never happened before.

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