Friday, May 18, 2012

"Fact-Based" Ad Riddled With Falsehoods | Media Matters for America



According to Fox News' Hannity: 


a new "American Crossroads" anti-Obama ad is effective because it is "fact based" - 


HANNITY: [. . .] Why do you say this is the best one? [. . .] 
LUNTZ: It was fact-based, not assertions.


But according to MediaMatters: the new ad
"Is Actually Overflowing With Falsehoods"


Examples:


The ad asserts: 


80 PERCENT OF GREEN ENERGY MONEY WENT TO 
"JOBS IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES"


&


OBAMA ADMIN. "ADMITTED" $2.3 BILLION OF TAX CREDITS "WENT OVERSEAS"




These statements are distortions. The fact is: 


"The Department of Energy estimated that 82,000 jobs have been created and has acknowledged that as much as 80 percent of some green programs, including $2.3 billion of manufacturing tax credits, went to foreign firms that employed workers primarily in countries including China, South Korea and Spain, rather than in the United States. [The Washington Times, 9/9/10]




SOURCE - Media Matters for America, and the link:


Hannity And Luntz Promote "Fact-Based" Ad That Is Actually Riddled With Falsehoods | Media Matters for America



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