Obama/Britney/Paris Ad Has ‘Misleading’ Info In It
Author:Dexter CookeReviewer:Hajra ShannonJul 31, 2020329.7K Shares9.4M Views
Remember that Paris/Britney/Obama adreleased by the McCain campaign yesterday? Well, this may come as a shock to some of you, but according to FactCheck.org, it contained some misleading information. The non-partisan fact-checking Website from University of Pennsylvania’s Annenberg School of Public Policy went right to work, and released an analysis of the ad late yesterday. Specifically, the report takes issue with the ad’s claim that Sen. Barack Obama “says he’ll raise taxes on electricity.” The McCain campaign sent out a fact sheet to reporters that cited a quote from a Feb. 19 interview with Carlos Guerra of the San Antonio Express-News as the sole source for the claim. The problem? The quote was taken completely out of context, and Obama didn’t say he wants to raise taxes on electricity. From FactCheck.org:
“„Obama does in fact say, “What we ought to tax is dirty energy, like coal and, to a lesser extent, natural gas.” But that quote is out of context. Obama and Guerra are discussing possible ways to fund education. Here’s the pertinent passage, in full:
**Guerra:** Have you considered other funding sources, say taxing emerging energy forms, for example, say a penny per kilowatt hour on wind energy?
“„Obama:Well, that
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