We tackled the “truthiness” of campaign advertising in this week’s LEO, challenging both candidates in Kentucky’s 3rd District congressional race on their half-truth and misleading messages.
From LEO Weekly:
“Just days after the Yarmuth ad first aired last month, the Northup campaign responded by pointing out that the state children’s health insurance legislation never took effect. In the Northup ad, entitled “Lowest,” a male narrator mockingly asks, “John, that didn’t become law, now did it?”
The Northup ad is misleading in its own right, omitting that the bill’s downfall was the result of the president’s pen and not because of the “do–nothing Congress” or any failure on Yarmuth’s part.”
The Yarmuth campaign released a new TV ad highlighting that the bill failed due to President Bush’s vetoes. Notice, however, Yarmuth still refuses to mention Northup by name. (PB)
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